#D8A838#D8A838

#D8A838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A838
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 6.87, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 61.73, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0131 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.136 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0380, 42.8928, 9.7530)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A838 #3868D8

analogous

#D85838 #D8A838 #B8D838

triadic

#D8A838 #38D8A8 #A838D8

tetradic

#D8A838 #38D858 #3868D8 #D838B8

square

#D8A838 #38D858 #3868D8 #D838B8

split-complementary

#D8A838 #38B8D8 #5838D8

monochromatic

#7D5F19 #B08623 #D8A838 #E2BE6B #ECD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D8A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A838

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A838	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c176',
    500: '#d8a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a838;
$custom-light: #e9c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75671,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A838

secondary

#93A8D8

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A838

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

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