#D8A642#D8A642

#D8A642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A642
RGB	rgb(216, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 8.42, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 57.43, 81.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0188 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.129 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9411, 42.2678, 11.0500)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A642 #4274D8

analogous

#D85B42 #D8A642 #BFD842

triadic

#D8A642 #42D8A6 #A642D8

tetradic

#D8A642 #42D85B #4274D8 #D842BF

square

#D8A642 #42D85B #4274D8 #D842BF

split-complementary

#D8A642 #42BFD8 #5B42D8

monochromatic

#84611B #B78726 #D8A642 #E2BE75 #EDD6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D8A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#D8A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A642

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A642	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c07b',
    500: '#d8a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a642;
$custom-light: #e8c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A642

secondary

#9CB0DA

accent

#78E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A642

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

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