#D5A942#D5A942

#D5A942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A942
RGB	rgb(213, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 5.53, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 57.44, 84.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0106 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.129 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6144, 42.9182, 11.1927)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A942 #426ED5

analogous

#D56042 #D5A942 #B7D542

triadic

#D5A942 #42D5A9 #A942D5

tetradic

#D5A942 #42D560 #426ED5 #D542B7

square

#D5A942 #42D560 #426ED5 #D542B7

split-complementary

#D5A942 #42B7D5 #6042D5

monochromatic

#80621C #B28928 #D5A942 #E0C074 #EBD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D5A942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D5A942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A942

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A942	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)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c27c',
    500: '#d5a942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a942;
$custom-light: #e6c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A942

secondary

#9AADD8

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A942

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

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