#D8A942#D8A942

#D8A942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A942
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 6.82, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 57.99, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0142 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.13 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4928, 43.3712, 11.2339)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A942 #4271D8

analogous

#D85E42 #D8A942 #BCD842

triadic

#D8A942 #42D8A9 #A942D8

tetradic

#D8A942 #42D85E #4271D8 #D842BC

square

#D8A942 #42D85E #4271D8 #D842BC

split-complementary

#D8A942 #42BCD8 #5E42D8

monochromatic

#84631B #B78A26 #D8A942 #E2C075 #EDD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D8A942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#D8A942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A942

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A942	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c27c',
    500: '#d8a942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a942;
$custom-light: #e8c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A942

secondary

#9CAFDA

accent

#74E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A942

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

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