#D8A939#D8A939

#D8A939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A939
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 6.38, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 61.54, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0118 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.136 85)
XYZ	xyz(43.2481, 43.2733, 9.9448)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A939 #3968D8

analogous

#D85939 #D8A939 #B8D839

triadic

#D8A939 #39D8A9 #A939D8

tetradic

#D8A939 #39D859 #3968D8 #D839B8

square

#D8A939 #39D859 #3968D8 #D839B8

split-complementary

#D8A939 #39B8D8 #5939D8

monochromatic

#7E6019 #B18723 #D8A939 #E2BF6C #ECD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#D8A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A939

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A939	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)

#BEA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c276',
    500: '#d8a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a939;
$custom-light: #e9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.264,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75876,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.4327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A939

secondary

#94A8D8

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A939

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

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