#D5A840#D5A840

#D5A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A840
RGB	rgb(213, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 5.96, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 58.05, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0116 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.13 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3711, 42.5244, 10.8258)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A840 #406DD5

analogous

#D55E40 #D5A840 #B8D540

triadic

#D5A840 #40D5A8 #A840D5

tetradic

#D5A840 #40D55E #406DD5 #D540B8

square

#D5A840 #40D55E #406DD5 #D540B8

split-complementary

#D5A840 #40B8D5 #5E40D5

monochromatic

#7F611C #B18727 #D5A840 #E0BF72 #EBD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D5A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#D5A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A840

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A840	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c17a',
    500: '#d5a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a840;
$custom-light: #e6c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A840

secondary

#99ACD8

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A840

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

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