#D8AA3E#D8AA3E

#D8AA3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AA3E
RGB	rgb(216, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 6.09, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 59.80, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0115 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.133 85)
XYZ	xyz(43.5657, 43.6991, 10.6967)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AA3E #3E6CD8

analogous

#D85D3E #D8AA3E #B9D83E

triadic

#D8AA3E #3ED8AA #AA3ED8

tetradic

#D8AA3E #3ED85D #3E6CD8 #D83EB9

square

#D8AA3E #3ED85D #3E6CD8 #D83EB9

split-complementary

#D8AA3E #3EB9D8 #5D3ED8

monochromatic

#81631A #B48924 #D8AA3E #E2C071 #EDD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D8AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AA3E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AA3E	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c379',
    500: '#d8aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8aa3e;
$custom-light: #e8c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76112,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AA3E

secondary

#98ACD9

accent

#72E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AA3E

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

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