#D5A938#D5A938

#D5A938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A938
RGB	rgb(213, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 5.04, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 61.39, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.008 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.135 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3449, 42.8104, 9.7736)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A938 #3864D5

analogous

#D55B38 #D5A938 #B2D538

triadic

#D5A938 #38D5A9 #A938D5

tetradic

#D5A938 #38D55B #3864D5 #D538B2

square

#D5A938 #38D55B #3864D5 #D538B2

split-complementary

#D5A938 #38B2D5 #5B38D5

monochromatic

#795E1A #AC8624 #D5A938 #E0BF6B #EAD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D5A938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#D5A938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A938

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A938	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c276',
    500: '#d5a938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a938;
$custom-light: #e6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A938

secondary

#92A5D6

accent

#6FE840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A938

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

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