#D8A243#D8A243

#D8A243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A243
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 10.62, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 56.35, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0253 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.127 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2550, 40.8480, 10.9680)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A243 #4379D8

analogous

#D85743 #D8A243 #C4D843

triadic

#D8A243 #43D8A2 #A243D8

tetradic

#D8A243 #43D857 #4379D8 #D843C4

square

#D8A243 #43D857 #4379D8 #D843C4

split-complementary

#D8A243 #43C4D8 #5743D8

monochromatic

#855F1C #B88326 #D8A243 #E3BB76 #EDD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D8A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#D8A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A243

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A243	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd7c',
    500: '#d8a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a243;
$custom-light: #e8bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A243

secondary

#9CB3DA

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A243

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

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