#D8A23D#D8A23D

#D8A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A23D
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 71.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 10.31, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 58.78, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0237 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.131 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0843, 40.7797, 10.0687)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A23D #3D73D8

analogous

#D8553D #D8A23D #C1D83D

triadic

#D8A23D #3DD8A2 #A23DD8

tetradic

#D8A23D #3DD855 #3D73D8 #D83DC1

square

#D8A23D #3DD855 #3D73D8 #D83DC1

split-complementary

#D8A23D #3DC1D8 #553DD8

monochromatic

#815D1A #B48224 #D8A23D #E2BA70 #ECD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D8A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#D8A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A23D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A23D	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd78',
    500: '#d8a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a23d;
$custom-light: #e9bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.097,
    "s": 66.524,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A23D

secondary

#98AED9

accent

#7AE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A23D

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

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