#D5AA42#D5AA42

#D5AA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5AA42
RGB	rgb(213, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 5.00, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 57.65, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0091 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.129 86)
XYZ	xyz(42.8011, 43.2917, 11.2550)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5AA42 #426DD5

analogous

#D56142 #D5AA42 #B6D542

triadic

#D5AA42 #42D5AA #AA42D5

tetradic

#D5AA42 #42D561 #426DD5 #D542B6

square

#D5AA42 #42D561 #426DD5 #D542B6

split-complementary

#D5AA42 #42B6D5 #6142D5

monochromatic

#80631C #B28A28 #D5AA42 #E0C174 #EBD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D5AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#D5AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5AA42

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5AA42	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c37c',
    500: '#d5aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5aa42;
$custom-light: #e6c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.43289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5AA42

secondary

#9AADD8

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5AA42

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

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