#D6AE37#D6AE37

#D6AE37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.139 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6AE37
RGB	rgb(214, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 74.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 2.78, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 62.99, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0013 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.139 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5597, 44.8469, 9.9757)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6AE37 #375FD6

analogous

#D65F37 #D6AE37 #AED637

triadic

#D6AE37 #37D6AE #AE37D6

tetradic

#D6AE37 #37D65F #375FD6 #D637AE

square

#D6AE37 #37D65F #375FD6 #D637AE

split-complementary

#D6AE37 #37AED6 #5F37D6

monochromatic

#7A6119 #AC8A23 #D6AE37 #E0C36A #EBD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D6AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#D6AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6AE37

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6AE37	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.139 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c576',
    500: '#d6ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ae37;
$custom-light: #e7c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76652,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6AE37

secondary

#92A3D7

accent

#6AE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6AE37

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

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