#D8A23E#D8A23E

#D8A23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A23E
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 10.36, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 58.38, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0239 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.13 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1114, 40.7905, 10.2119)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A23E #3E74D8

analogous

#D8553E #D8A23E #C1D83E

triadic

#D8A23E #3ED8A2 #A23ED8

tetradic

#D8A23E #3ED855 #3E74D8 #D83EC1

square

#D8A23E #3ED855 #3E74D8 #D83EC1

split-complementary

#D8A23E #3EC1D8 #553ED8

monochromatic

#815D1A #B48224 #D8A23E #E2BB71 #EDD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D8A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#D8A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A23E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A23E	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)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd79',
    500: '#d8a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a23e;
$custom-light: #e9bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.961,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A23E

secondary

#98AFD9

accent

#7AE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A23E

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

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