#D6A142#D6A142

#D6A142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A142
RGB	rgb(214, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 10.24, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 56.16, 79.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0242 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.127 79)
XYZ	xyz(41.4624, 40.1823, 10.7254)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A142 #4277D6

analogous

#D65742 #D6A142 #C1D642

triadic

#D6A142 #42D6A1 #A142D6

tetradic

#D6A142 #42D657 #4277D6 #D642C1

square

#D6A142 #42D657 #4277D6 #D642C1

split-complementary

#D6A142 #42C1D6 #5742D6

monochromatic

#825D1C #B48127 #D6A142 #E1BA74 #ECD3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D6A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#D6A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A142

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A142	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bc7b',
    500: '#d6a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a142;
$custom-light: #e7bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A142

secondary

#9BB1D9

accent

#7CE740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A142

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

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