#D8A538#D8A538

#D8A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A538
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 8.47, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 61.20, 82.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0177 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.135 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4906, 41.7978, 9.5705)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A538 #386BD8

analogous

#D85538 #D8A538 #BBD838

triadic

#D8A538 #38D8A5 #A538D8

tetradic

#D8A538 #38D855 #386BD8 #D838BB

square

#D8A538 #38D855 #386BD8 #D838BB

split-complementary

#D8A538 #38BBD8 #5538D8

monochromatic

#7D5D19 #B08323 #D8A538 #E2BC6B #ECD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D8A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#D8A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A538

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A538	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf76',
    500: '#d8a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a538;
$custom-light: #e9bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A538

secondary

#93A9D8

accent

#75EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A538

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

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