#D6A242#D6A242

#D6A242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A242
RGB	rgb(214, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 9.71, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 56.32, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0227 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.127 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6378, 40.5332, 10.7839)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A242 #4276D6

analogous

#D65842 #D6A242 #C0D642

triadic

#D6A242 #42D6A2 #A242D6

tetradic

#D6A242 #42D658 #4276D6 #D642C0

square

#D6A242 #42D658 #4276D6 #D642C0

split-complementary

#D6A242 #42C0D6 #5842D6

monochromatic

#825E1C #B48227 #D6A242 #E1BB74 #ECD3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#D6A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#D6A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A242

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A242	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bd7b',
    500: '#d6a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a242;
$custom-light: #e7bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A242

secondary

#9BB1D9

accent

#7BE740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A242

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

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