#D8A42F#D8A42F

#D8A42F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.140 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A42F
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 8.64, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 64.27, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0172 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.14 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1103, 41.3582, 8.4538)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A42F #2F63D8

analogous

#D8502F #D8A42F #B8D82F

triadic

#D8A42F #2FD8A4 #A42FD8

tetradic

#D8A42F #2FD850 #2F63D8 #D82FB8

square

#D8A42F #2FD850 #2F63D8 #D82FB8

split-complementary

#D8A42F #2FB8D8 #502FD8

monochromatic

#765916 #AA7F20 #D8A42F #E2BB63 #EBD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D8A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#D8A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A42F

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A42F	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.140 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be71',
    500: '#d8a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a42f;
$custom-light: #e9be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A42F

secondary

#8CA3D7

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A42F

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

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