#D4A540#D4A540

#D4A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A540
RGB	rgb(212, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 7.13, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 57.27, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0151 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.128 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5344, 41.2804, 10.6298)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A540 #406FD4

analogous

#D45B40 #D4A540 #B9D440

triadic

#D4A540 #40D4A5 #A540D4

tetradic

#D4A540 #40D45B #406FD4 #D440B9

square

#D4A540 #40D45B #406FD4 #D440B9

split-complementary

#D4A540 #40B9D4 #5B40D4

monochromatic

#7D5F1C #AF8427 #D4A540 #DFBD72 #EAD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D4A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#D4A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A540

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A540	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bf7a',
    500: '#d4a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a540;
$custom-light: #e5bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A540

secondary

#98ACD7

accent

#76E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A540

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

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