#D6A042#D6A042

#D6A042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A042
RGB	rgb(214, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 10.78, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 56.01, 78.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0258 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.126 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2883, 39.8342, 10.6674)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A042 #4278D6

analogous

#D65642 #D6A042 #C2D642

triadic

#D6A042 #42D6A0 #A042D6

tetradic

#D6A042 #42D656 #4278D6 #D642C2

square

#D6A042 #42D656 #4278D6 #D642C2

split-complementary

#D6A042 #42C2D6 #5642D6

monochromatic

#825D1C #B48027 #D6A042 #E1B974 #ECD3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#D6A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#D6A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A042

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A042	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bb7b',
    500: '#d6a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a042;
$custom-light: #e7bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A042

secondary

#9BB1D9

accent

#7DE740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A042

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

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