#D5A842#D5A842

#D5A842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A842
RGB	rgb(213, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 6.07, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 57.23, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0122 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.129 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4290, 42.5476, 11.1310)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A842 #426FD5

analogous

#D55F42 #D5A842 #B8D542

triadic

#D5A842 #42D5A8 #A842D5

tetradic

#D5A842 #42D55F #426FD5 #D542B8

square

#D5A842 #42D55F #426FD5 #D542B8

split-complementary

#D5A842 #42B8D5 #5F42D5

monochromatic

#80621C #B28828 #D5A842 #E0BF74 #EBD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D5A842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#D5A842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A842

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A842	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c17b',
    500: '#d5a842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a842;
$custom-light: #e6c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75439,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A842

secondary

#9AADD8

accent

#74E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A842

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

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