#D4A42A#D4A42A

#D4A42A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A42A
RGB	rgb(212, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 6.73, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 65.18, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0114 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.141 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8474, 40.7181, 7.8980)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A42A #2A5AD4

analogous

#D44F2A #D4A42A #AFD42A

triadic

#D4A42A #2AD4A4 #A42AD4

tetradic

#D4A42A #2AD44F #2A5AD4 #D42AAF

square

#D4A42A #2AD44F #2A5AD4 #D42AAF

split-complementary

#D4A42A #2AAFD4 #4F2AD4

monochromatic

#6E5516 #A17C20 #D4A42A #DFBA5C #E9D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D4A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#D4A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A42A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A42A	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6be6e',
    500: '#d4a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a42a;
$custom-light: #e6be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.059,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A42A

secondary

#869CD3

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A42A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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