#D5AE51#D5AE51

#D5AE51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5AE51
RGB	rgb(213, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 3.78, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 52.11, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0074 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.12 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0641, 45.0149, 14.1508)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5AE51 #5178D5

analogous

#D56C51 #D5AE51 #BAD551

triadic

#D5AE51 #51D5AE #AE51D5

tetradic

#D5AE51 #51D56C #5178D5 #D551BA

square

#D5AE51 #51D56C #5178D5 #D551BA

split-complementary

#D5AE51 #51BAD5 #6C51D5

monochromatic

#8A6B21 #BC922D #D5AE51 #E1C582 #EDDCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D5AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#D5AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5AE51

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5AE51	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c585',
    500: '#d5ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ae51;
$custom-light: #e5c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76784,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5AE51

secondary

#A6B6DB

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5AE51

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

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