#D4AE42#D4AE42

#D4AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.131 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE42
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 2.45, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 58.41, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0018 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.131 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2732, 44.6651, 11.4952)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE42 #4268D4

analogous

#D46542 #D4AE42 #B1D442

triadic

#D4AE42 #42D4AE #AE42D4

tetradic

#D4AE42 #42D465 #4268D4 #D442B1

square

#D4AE42 #42D465 #4268D4 #D442B1

split-complementary

#D4AE42 #42B1D4 #6542D4

monochromatic

#7F651D #B18D28 #D4AE42 #DFC374 #EBD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D4AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#D4AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE42

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE42	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.131 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c57c',
    500: '#d4ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae42;
$custom-light: #e5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE42

secondary

#9AAAD8

accent

#6DE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE42

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

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