#D4AA40#D4AA40

#D4AA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AA40
RGB	rgb(212, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 4.46, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 58.30, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0073 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.13 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4539, 43.1194, 10.9363)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AA40 #406AD4

analogous

#D46040 #D4AA40 #B4D440

triadic

#D4AA40 #40D4AA #AA40D4

tetradic

#D4AA40 #40D460 #406AD4 #D440B4

square

#D4AA40 #40D460 #406AD4 #D440B4

split-complementary

#D4AA40 #40B4D4 #6040D4

monochromatic

#7D621C #AF8927 #D4AA40 #DFC072 #EAD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D4AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#D4AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AA40

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AA40	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c37a',
    500: '#d4aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4aa40;
$custom-light: #e5c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AA40

secondary

#98AAD7

accent

#70E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AA40

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

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