#D7A838#D7A838

#D7A838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7A838
RGB	rgb(215, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 6.44, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 61.55, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0119 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.136 85)
XYZ	xyz(42.7434, 42.7408, 9.7391)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7A838 #3867D7

analogous

#D75838 #D7A838 #B6D738

triadic

#D7A838 #38D7A8 #A838D7

tetradic

#D7A838 #38D758 #3867D7 #D738B6

square

#D7A838 #38D758 #3867D7 #D738B6

split-complementary

#D7A838 #38B6D7 #5838D7

monochromatic

#7C5F19 #AF8523 #D7A838 #E1BE6B #EBD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D7A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#D7A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7A838

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7A838	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c176',
    500: '#d7a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7a838;
$custom-light: #e8c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.264,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75566,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.42738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7A838

secondary

#93A7D8

accent

#71E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7A838

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

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