#D6AA42#D6AA42

#D6AA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6AA42
RGB	rgb(214, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 5.43, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 57.83, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0103 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.13 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0921, 43.4418, 11.2686)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6AA42 #426ED6

analogous

#D66042 #D6AA42 #B8D642

triadic

#D6AA42 #42D6AA #AA42D6

tetradic

#D6AA42 #42D660 #426ED6 #D642B8

square

#D6AA42 #42D660 #426ED6 #D642B8

split-complementary

#D6AA42 #42B8D6 #6042D6

monochromatic

#82631C #B48A27 #D6AA42 #E1C174 #ECD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D6AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#D6AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6AA42

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6AA42	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c37c',
    500: '#d6aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6aa42;
$custom-light: #e7c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6AA42

secondary

#9BADD9

accent

#72E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6AA42

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

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