#D6A23D#D6A23D

#D6A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A23D
RGB	rgb(214, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 71.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 9.45, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 58.36, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0213 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.13 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4968, 40.4768, 10.0412)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A23D #3D71D6

analogous

#D6563D #D6A23D #BDD63D

triadic

#D6A23D #3DD6A2 #A23DD6

tetradic

#D6A23D #3DD656 #3D71D6 #D63DBD

square

#D6A23D #3DD656 #3D71D6 #D63DBD

split-complementary

#D6A23D #3DBDD6 #563DD6

monochromatic

#7E5C1B #B18125 #D6A23D #E1BA70 #EBD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#D6A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#D6A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A23D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A23D	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bd78',
    500: '#d6a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a23d;
$custom-light: #e7bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 65.106,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A23D

secondary

#97ADD8

accent

#79E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A23D

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

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