#D4A840#D4A840

#D4A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A840
RGB	rgb(212, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 5.53, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 57.87, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0104 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.13 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0819, 42.3753, 10.8123)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A840 #406CD4

analogous

#D45E40 #D4A840 #B6D440

triadic

#D4A840 #40D4A8 #A840D4

tetradic

#D4A840 #40D45E #406CD4 #D440B6

square

#D4A840 #40D45E #406CD4 #D440B6

split-complementary

#D4A840 #40B6D4 #5E40D4

monochromatic

#7D601C #AF8727 #D4A840 #DFBF72 #EAD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D4A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#D4A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A840

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A840	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c17a',
    500: '#d4a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a840;
$custom-light: #e5c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A840

secondary

#98ABD7

accent

#73E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A840

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

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