#D4A538#D4A538

#D4A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A538
RGB	rgb(212, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 6.74, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 60.44, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.013 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.133 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3229, 41.1957, 9.5157)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A538 #3867D4

analogous

#D45738 #D4A538 #B5D438

triadic

#D4A538 #38D4A5 #A538D4

tetradic

#D4A538 #38D457 #3867D4 #D438B5

square

#D4A538 #38D457 #3867D4 #D438B5

split-complementary

#D4A538 #38B5D4 #5738D4

monochromatic

#785B1A #AA8225 #D4A538 #DFBC6A #EAD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D4A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#D4A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A538

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A538	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)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bf76',
    500: '#d4a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a538;
$custom-light: #e6bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74658,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A538

secondary

#92A6D6

accent

#73E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A538

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

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