#D8A938#D8A938

#D8A938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A938
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 6.34, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 61.92, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0116 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.136 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2234, 43.2634, 9.8147)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A938 #3867D8

analogous

#D85938 #D8A938 #B7D838

triadic

#D8A938 #38D8A9 #A938D8

tetradic

#D8A938 #38D859 #3867D8 #D838B7

square

#D8A938 #38D859 #3867D8 #D838B7

split-complementary

#D8A938 #38B7D8 #5938D8

monochromatic

#7D6019 #B08723 #D8A938 #E2BF6B #ECD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#D8A938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A938

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A938	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c276',
    500: '#d8a938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a938;
$custom-light: #e9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.375,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75868,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A938

secondary

#93A8D8

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A938

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

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