#D8A842#D8A842

#D8A842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A842
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 7.36, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 57.80, 82.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0157 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.13 83)
XYZ	xyz(43.3075, 43.0005, 11.1721)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A842 #4272D8

analogous

#D85D42 #D8A842 #BDD842

triadic

#D8A842 #42D8A8 #A842D8

tetradic

#D8A842 #42D85D #4272D8 #D842BD

square

#D8A842 #42D85D #4272D8 #D842BD

split-complementary

#D8A842 #42BDD8 #5D42D8

monochromatic

#84631B #B78926 #D8A842 #E2BF75 #EDD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#D8A842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A842

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A842	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c17c',
    500: '#d8a842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a842;
$custom-light: #e8c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75752,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.42998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A842

secondary

#9CB0DA

accent

#75E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A842

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

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