#D5A940#D5A940

#D5A940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A940
RGB	rgb(213, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 5.43, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 58.26, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0101 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.13 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5564, 42.8951, 10.8876)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A940 #406CD5

analogous

#D55F40 #D5A940 #B6D540

triadic

#D5A940 #40D5A9 #A940D5

tetradic

#D5A940 #40D55F #406CD5 #D540B6

square

#D5A940 #40D55F #406CD5 #D540B6

split-complementary

#D5A940 #40B6D5 #5F40D5

monochromatic

#7F621C #B18827 #D5A940 #E0C072 #EBD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D5A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D5A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A940

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A940	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c27a',
    500: '#d5a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a940;
$custom-light: #e6c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7562,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A940

secondary

#99ABD8

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A940

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

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