#D5A342#D5A342

#D5A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A342
RGB	rgb(213, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 8.74, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 56.28, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0199 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.127 81)
XYZ	xyz(41.5237, 40.7368, 10.8292)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A342 #4274D5

analogous

#D55A42 #D5A342 #BDD542

triadic

#D5A342 #42D5A3 #A342D5

tetradic

#D5A342 #42D55A #4274D5 #D542BD

square

#D5A342 #42D55A #4274D5 #D542BD

split-complementary

#D5A342 #42BDD5 #5A42D5

monochromatic

#805E1C #B28328 #D5A342 #E0BB74 #EBD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D5A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#D5A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A342

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A342	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6be7b',
    500: '#d5a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a342;
$custom-light: #e6be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A342

secondary

#9AAFD8

accent

#79E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A342

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

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