#D4AD42#D4AD42

#D4AD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AD42
RGB	rgb(212, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 2.98, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 58.17, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0033 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.131 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0807, 44.2802, 11.4310)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AD42 #4269D4

analogous

#D46442 #D4AD42 #B2D442

triadic

#D4AD42 #42D4AD #AD42D4

tetradic

#D4AD42 #42D464 #4269D4 #D442B2

square

#D4AD42 #42D464 #4269D4 #D442B2

split-complementary

#D4AD42 #42B2D4 #6442D4

monochromatic

#7F651D #B18C28 #D4AD42 #DFC374 #EBD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D4AD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#D4AD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AD42

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AD42	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c57c',
    500: '#d4ad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ad42;
$custom-light: #e5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AD42

secondary

#9AABD8

accent

#6EE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AD42

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

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