#D8A840#D8A840

#D8A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A840
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 7.25, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 58.61, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0152 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.131 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2496, 42.9774, 10.8670)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A840 #4070D8

analogous

#D85C40 #D8A840 #BCD840

triadic

#D8A840 #40D8A8 #A840D8

tetradic

#D8A840 #40D85C #4070D8 #D840BC

square

#D8A840 #40D85C #4070D8 #D840BC

split-complementary

#D8A840 #40BCD8 #5C40D8

monochromatic

#83621B #B68825 #D8A840 #E2BF73 #EDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#D8A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A840

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A840	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c17a',
    500: '#d8a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a840;
$custom-light: #e8c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A840

secondary

#9AAEDA

accent

#75E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A840

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

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