#D8A740#D8A740

#D8A740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A740
RGB	rgb(216, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 7.79, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 58.42, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0167 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.131 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0657, 42.6096, 10.8057)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A740 #4071D8

analogous

#D85B40 #D8A740 #BDD840

triadic

#D8A740 #40D8A7 #A740D8

tetradic

#D8A740 #40D85B #4071D8 #D840BD

square

#D8A740 #40D85B #4071D8 #D840BD

split-complementary

#D8A740 #40BDD8 #5B40D8

monochromatic

#83611B #B68725 #D8A740 #E2BE73 #EDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D8A740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#D8A740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A740

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A740	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c07a',
    500: '#d8a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a740;
$custom-light: #e8c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.658,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A740

secondary

#9AAFDA

accent

#76E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A740

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

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