#D8AB40#D8AB40

#D8AB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AB40
RGB	rgb(216, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 5.65, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 59.20, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0105 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.132 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8098, 44.0978, 11.0538)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AB40 #406DD8

analogous

#D85F40 #D8AB40 #B9D840

triadic

#D8AB40 #40D8AB #AB40D8

tetradic

#D8AB40 #40D85F #406DD8 #D840B9

square

#D8AB40 #40D85F #406DD8 #D840B9

split-complementary

#D8AB40 #40B9D8 #5F40D8

monochromatic

#83641B #B68B25 #D8AB40 #E2C173 #EDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D8AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#D8AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AB40

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AB40	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c37b',
    500: '#d8ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ab40;
$custom-light: #e8c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AB40

secondary

#9AADDA

accent

#71E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AB40

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

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