#D8A738#D8A738

#D8A738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A738
RGB	rgb(216, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 7.41, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 61.55, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0146 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.136 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8541, 42.5249, 9.6917)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A738 #3869D8

analogous

#D85738 #D8A738 #B9D838

triadic

#D8A738 #38D8A7 #A738D8

tetradic

#D8A738 #38D857 #3869D8 #D838B9

square

#D8A738 #38D857 #3869D8 #D838B9

split-complementary

#D8A738 #38B9D8 #5738D8

monochromatic

#7D5E19 #B08523 #D8A738 #E2BE6B #ECD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D8A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#D8A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A738

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A738	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c076',
    500: '#d8a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a738;
$custom-light: #e9c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75474,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A738

secondary

#93A9D8

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A738

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

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