#D8A542#D8A542

#D8A542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A542
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 8.96, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 57.25, 81.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0204 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.129 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7600, 41.9056, 10.9897)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A542 #4275D8

analogous

#D85A42 #D8A542 #C0D842

triadic

#D8A542 #42D8A5 #A542D8

tetradic

#D8A542 #42D85A #4275D8 #D842C0

square

#D8A542 #42D85A #4275D8 #D842C0

split-complementary

#D8A542 #42C0D8 #5A42D8

monochromatic

#84611B #B78626 #D8A542 #E2BD75 #EDD5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D8A542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#D8A542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A542

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A542	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bf7b',
    500: '#d8a542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a542;
$custom-light: #e8bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A542

secondary

#9CB1DA

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A542

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

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