#D5A538#D5A538

#D5A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.134 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A538
RGB	rgb(213, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 7.18, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 60.62, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0142 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.134 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6121, 41.3449, 9.5293)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A538 #3868D5

analogous

#D55638 #D5A538 #B6D538

triadic

#D5A538 #38D5A5 #A538D5

tetradic

#D5A538 #38D556 #3868D5 #D538B6

square

#D5A538 #38D556 #3868D5 #D538B6

split-complementary

#D5A538 #38B6D5 #5638D5

monochromatic

#795C1A #AC8224 #D5A538 #E0BC6B #EAD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D5A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#D5A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A538

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A538	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.134 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bf76',
    500: '#d5a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a538;
$custom-light: #e6bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A538

secondary

#92A7D6

accent

#73E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A538

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

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