#D8AA39#D8AA39

#D8AA39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.136 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AA39
RGB	rgb(216, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 5.85, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 61.73, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0103 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.136 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4348, 43.6468, 10.0071)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AA39 #3967D8

analogous

#D85A39 #D8AA39 #B6D839

triadic

#D8AA39 #39D8AA #AA39D8

tetradic

#D8AA39 #39D85A #3967D8 #D839B6

square

#D8AA39 #39D85A #3967D8 #D839B6

split-complementary

#D8AA39 #39B6D8 #5A39D8

monochromatic

#7E6119 #B18823 #D8AA39 #E2C06C #ECD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#D8AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AA39

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AA39	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.136 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c377',
    500: '#d8aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8aa39;
$custom-light: #e9c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.642,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76073,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AA39

secondary

#94A8D8

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AA39

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

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