#D5A738#D5A738

#D5A738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A738
RGB	rgb(213, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 6.11, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 61.00, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0111 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.135 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9757, 42.0720, 9.6505)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A738 #3866D5

analogous

#D55838 #D5A738 #B5D538

triadic

#D5A738 #38D5A7 #A738D5

tetradic

#D5A738 #38D558 #3866D5 #D538B5

square

#D5A738 #38D558 #3866D5 #D538B5

split-complementary

#D5A738 #38B5D5 #5838D5

monochromatic

#795D1A #AC8424 #D5A738 #E0BD6B #EAD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D5A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#D5A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A738

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A738	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c076',
    500: '#d5a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a738;
$custom-light: #e6c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A738

secondary

#92A6D6

accent

#71E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A738

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

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