#D6A940#D6A940

#D6A940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A940
RGB	rgb(214, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 5.86, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 58.44, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0113 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.131 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8475, 43.0451, 10.9013)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A940 #406DD6

analogous

#D65E40 #D6A940 #B8D640

triadic

#D6A940 #40D6A9 #A940D6

tetradic

#D6A940 #40D65E #406DD6 #D640B8

square

#D6A940 #40D65E #406DD6 #D640B8

split-complementary

#D6A940 #40B8D6 #5E40D6

monochromatic

#80621B #B28826 #D6A940 #E1C072 #ECD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D6A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#D6A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A940

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A940	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c27a',
    500: '#d6a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a940;
$custom-light: #e7c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75724,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A940

secondary

#99ACD9

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A940

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

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