#D6A840#D6A840

#D6A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A840
RGB	rgb(214, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 6.39, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 58.23, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0128 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.13 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6621, 42.6745, 10.8395)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A840 #406ED6

analogous

#D65D40 #D6A840 #B9D640

triadic

#D6A840 #40D6A8 #A840D6

tetradic

#D6A840 #40D65D #406ED6 #D640B9

square

#D6A840 #40D65D #406ED6 #D640B9

split-complementary

#D6A840 #40B9D6 #5D40D6

monochromatic

#80611B #B28826 #D6A840 #E1BF72 #ECD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D6A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#D6A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A840

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A840	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c17a',
    500: '#d6a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a840;
$custom-light: #e7c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A840

secondary

#99ADD9

accent

#74E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A840

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

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