#D8AA42#D8AA42

#D8AA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AA42
RGB	rgb(216, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 6.29, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 58.19, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0126 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.13 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6796, 43.7447, 11.2962)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AA42 #4270D8

analogous

#D85F42 #D8AA42 #BBD842

triadic

#D8AA42 #42D8AA #AA42D8

tetradic

#D8AA42 #42D85F #4270D8 #D842BB

square

#D8AA42 #42D85F #4270D8 #D842BB

split-complementary

#D8AA42 #42BBD8 #5F42D8

monochromatic

#84641B #B78A26 #D8AA42 #E2C175 #EDD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D8AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#D8AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AA42

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AA42	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c37c',
    500: '#d8aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8aa42;
$custom-light: #e8c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AA42

secondary

#9CAFDA

accent

#73E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AA42

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

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