#D8A440#D8A440

#D8A440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A440
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 9.39, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 57.90, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0214 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.13 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5224, 41.5231, 10.6246)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A440 #4074D8

analogous

#D85840 #D8A440 #C0D840

triadic

#D8A440 #40D8A4 #A440D8

tetradic

#D8A440 #40D858 #4074D8 #D840C0

square

#D8A440 #40D858 #4074D8 #D840C0

split-complementary

#D8A440 #40C0D8 #5840D8

monochromatic

#835F1B #B68425 #D8A440 #E2BC73 #EDD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#D8A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#D8A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A440

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A440	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8be7a',
    500: '#d8a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a440;
$custom-light: #e8be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A440

secondary

#9AB0DA

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A440

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

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