#D5A638#D5A638

#D5A638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A638
RGB	rgb(213, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 6.64, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 60.81, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0126 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.134 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7932, 41.7070, 9.5896)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A638 #3867D5

analogous

#D55738 #D5A638 #B6D538

triadic

#D5A638 #38D5A6 #A638D5

tetradic

#D5A638 #38D557 #3867D5 #D538B6

square

#D5A638 #38D557 #3867D5 #D538B6

split-complementary

#D5A638 #38B6D5 #5738D5

monochromatic

#795C1A #AC8324 #D5A638 #E0BD6B #EAD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D5A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#D5A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A638

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A638	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c076',
    500: '#d5a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a638;
$custom-light: #e6c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74961,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A638

secondary

#92A7D6

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A638

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

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