#D4A842#D4A842

#D4A842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A842
RGB	rgb(212, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 5.64, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 57.05, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.011 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.128 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1398, 42.3985, 11.1174)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A842 #426ED4

analogous

#D45F42 #D4A842 #B7D442

triadic

#D4A842 #42D4A8 #A842D4

tetradic

#D4A842 #42D45F #426ED4 #D442B7

square

#D4A842 #42D45F #426ED4 #D442B7

split-complementary

#D4A842 #42B7D4 #5F42D4

monochromatic

#7F611D #B18828 #D4A842 #DFBF74 #EBD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D4A842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#D4A842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A842

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A842	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c17b',
    500: '#d4a842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a842;
$custom-light: #e5c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75336,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A842

secondary

#9AADD8

accent

#73E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A842

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

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