#D4AA38#D4AA38

#D4AA38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AA38
RGB	rgb(212, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 4.08, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 61.44, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0053 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.136 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2424, 43.0348, 9.8222)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AA38 #3862D4

analogous

#D45C38 #D4AA38 #B0D438

triadic

#D4AA38 #38D4AA #AA38D4

tetradic

#D4AA38 #38D45C #3862D4 #D438B0

square

#D4AA38 #38D45C #3862D4 #D438B0

split-complementary

#D4AA38 #38B0D4 #5C38D4

monochromatic

#785E1A #AA8625 #D4AA38 #DFBF6A #EAD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D4AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#D4AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AA38

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AA38	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c276',
    500: '#d4aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4aa38;
$custom-light: #e6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AA38

secondary

#92A4D6

accent

#6DE740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AA38

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

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