#D8A43D#D8A43D

#D8A43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A43D
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 9.24, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 59.10, 81.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0206 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.132 81)
XYZ	xyz(42.4394, 41.4899, 10.1871)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A43D #3D71D8

analogous

#D8573D #D8A43D #BFD83D

triadic

#D8A43D #3DD8A4 #A43DD8

tetradic

#D8A43D #3DD857 #3D71D8 #D83DBF

square

#D8A43D #3DD857 #3D71D8 #D83DBF

split-complementary

#D8A43D #3DBFD8 #573DD8

monochromatic

#815E1A #B48424 #D8A43D #E2BC70 #ECD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#D8A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#D8A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A43D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A43D	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)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be78',
    500: '#d8a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a43d;
$custom-light: #e9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 66.524,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.41487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A43D

secondary

#98AED9

accent

#78E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A43D

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

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