#D8A140#D8A140

#D8A140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A140
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 11.00, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 57.43, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.026 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.129 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9919, 40.4620, 10.4478)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A140 #4077D8

analogous

#D85540 #D8A140 #C3D840

triadic

#D8A140 #40D8A1 #A140D8

tetradic

#D8A140 #40D855 #4077D8 #D840C3

square

#D8A140 #40D855 #4077D8 #D840C3

split-complementary

#D8A140 #40C3D8 #5540D8

monochromatic

#835D1B #B68125 #D8A140 #E2BA73 #EDD3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#D8A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#D8A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A140

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A140	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc7a',
    500: '#d8a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a140;
$custom-light: #e9bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A140

secondary

#9AB1DA

accent

#7CE93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A140

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

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