#D4A537#D4A537

#D4A537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A537
RGB	rgb(212, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 6.70, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 60.82, 83.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0127 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.134 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2987, 41.1861, 9.3882)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A537 #3766D4

analogous

#D45637 #D4A537 #B5D437

triadic

#D4A537 #37D4A5 #A537D4

tetradic

#D4A537 #37D456 #3766D4 #D437B5

square

#D4A537 #37D456 #3766D4 #D437B5

split-complementary

#D4A537 #37B5D4 #5637D4

monochromatic

#775B1A #A98224 #D4A537 #DFBC69 #EAD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D4A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#D4A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A537

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A537	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bf75',
    500: '#d4a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a537;
$custom-light: #e6bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A537

secondary

#91A6D6

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A537

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

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