#D8A43C#D8A43C

#D8A43C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A43C
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 9.19, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 59.49, 81.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0203 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.132 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4127, 41.4792, 10.0466)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A43C #3C70D8

analogous

#D8563C #D8A43C #BED83C

triadic

#D8A43C #3CD8A4 #A43CD8

tetradic

#D8A43C #3CD856 #3C70D8 #D83CBE

square

#D8A43C #3CD856 #3C70D8 #D83CBE

split-complementary

#D8A43C #3CBED8 #563CD8

monochromatic

#805E1A #B38324 #D8A43C #E2BC6F #ECD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#D8A43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#D8A43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A43C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A43C	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be78',
    500: '#d8a43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a43c;
$custom-light: #e9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74917,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A43C

secondary

#97ADD9

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A43C

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

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