#D4AE55#D4AE55

#D4AE55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE55
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 3.63, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 50.13, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0076 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.116 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9293, 44.9276, 14.9506)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE55 #557BD4

analogous

#D46E55 #D4AE55 #BAD455

triadic

#D4AE55 #55D4AE #AE55D4

tetradic

#D4AE55 #55D46E #557BD4 #D455BA

square

#D4AE55 #55D46E #557BD4 #D455BA

split-complementary

#D4AE55 #55BAD4 #6E55D4

monochromatic

#8B6C23 #BC9230 #D4AE55 #E0C586 #EDDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D4AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#D4AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE55

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE55	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4c588',
    500: '#d4ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae55;
$custom-light: #e4c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE55

secondary

#A9B8DC

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE55

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

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