#D8A342#D8A342

#D8A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A342
RGB	rgb(216, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 10.03, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 56.92, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0235 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.128 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4021, 41.1898, 10.8704)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A342 #4277D8

analogous

#D85842 #D8A342 #C2D842

triadic

#D8A342 #42D8A3 #A342D8

tetradic

#D8A342 #42D858 #4277D8 #D842C2

square

#D8A342 #42D858 #4277D8 #D842C2

split-complementary

#D8A342 #42C2D8 #5842D8

monochromatic

#845F1B #B78426 #D8A342 #E2BC75 #EDD4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D8A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#D8A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A342

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A342	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8be7b',
    500: '#d8a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a342;
$custom-light: #e8be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A342

secondary

#9CB2DA

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A342

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

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