#D6A837#D6A837

#D6A837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A837
RGB	rgb(214, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 74.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 5.96, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 61.74, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0105 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.136 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4264, 42.5802, 9.5979)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A837 #3765D6

analogous

#D65937 #D6A837 #B4D637

triadic

#D6A837 #37D6A8 #A837D6

tetradic

#D6A837 #37D659 #3765D6 #D637B4

square

#D6A837 #37D659 #3765D6 #D637B4

split-complementary

#D6A837 #37B4D6 #5937D6

monochromatic

#7A5E19 #AC8523 #D6A837 #E0BE6A #EBD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D6A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#D6A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A837

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A837	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c175',
    500: '#d6a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a837;
$custom-light: #e7c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.642,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75454,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A837

secondary

#92A6D7

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A837

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

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