#D4A42D#D4A42D

#D4A42D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A42D
RGB	rgb(212, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 6.83, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 64.20, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.012 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.139 85)
XYZ	xyz(40.9032, 40.7404, 8.1915)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A42D #2D5DD4

analogous

#D4502D #D4A42D #B1D42D

triadic

#D4A42D #2DD4A4 #A42DD4

tetradic

#D4A42D #2DD450 #2D5DD4 #D42DB1

square

#D4A42D #2DD450 #2D5DD4 #D42DB1

split-complementary

#D4A42D #2DB1D4 #502DD4

monochromatic

#705617 #A37D21 #D4A42D #DEBA60 #E9D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D4A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#D4A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A42D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A42D	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6be70',
    500: '#d4a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a42d;
$custom-light: #e6be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.754,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A42D

secondary

#899FD4

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A42D

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

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