#D8AA40#D8AA40

#D8AA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AA40
RGB	rgb(216, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 6.19, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 59.00, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0121 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.132 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6216, 43.7215, 10.9910)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AA40 #406ED8

analogous

#D85E40 #D8AA40 #BAD840

triadic

#D8AA40 #40D8AA #AA40D8

tetradic

#D8AA40 #40D85E #406ED8 #D840BA

square

#D8AA40 #40D85E #406ED8 #D840BA

split-complementary

#D8AA40 #40BAD8 #5E40D8

monochromatic

#83631B #B68A25 #D8AA40 #E2C173 #EDD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D8AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AA40

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AA40	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)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c37b',
    500: '#d8aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8aa40;
$custom-light: #e8c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76129,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AA40

secondary

#9AADDA

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AA40

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

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