#D5AE42#D5AE42

#D5AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.131 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5AE42
RGB	rgb(213, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 2.88, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 58.56, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0029 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.131 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5624, 44.8143, 11.5087)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5AE42 #4269D5

analogous

#D56542 #D5AE42 #B2D542

triadic

#D5AE42 #42D5AE #AE42D5

tetradic

#D5AE42 #42D565 #4269D5 #D542B2

square

#D5AE42 #42D565 #4269D5 #D542B2

split-complementary

#D5AE42 #42B2D5 #6542D5

monochromatic

#80661C #B28D28 #D5AE42 #E0C374 #EBD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D5AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#D5AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5AE42

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5AE42	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.131 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c57c',
    500: '#d5ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ae42;
$custom-light: #e6c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5AE42

secondary

#9AABD8

accent

#6DE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5AE42

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

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