#D4A438#D4A438

#D4A438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A438
RGB	rgb(212, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 7.28, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 60.25, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0145 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.133 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1432, 40.8364, 9.4558)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A438 #3868D4

analogous

#D45638 #D4A438 #B6D438

triadic

#D4A438 #38D4A4 #A438D4

tetradic

#D4A438 #38D456 #3868D4 #D438B6

square

#D4A438 #38D456 #3868D4 #D438B6

split-complementary

#D4A438 #38B6D4 #5638D4

monochromatic

#785B1A #AA8125 #D4A438 #DFBB6A #EAD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D4A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#D4A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A438

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A438	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6be75',
    500: '#d4a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a438;
$custom-light: #e6be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A438

secondary

#92A7D6

accent

#74E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A438

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

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