#D8AB42#D8AB42

#D8AB42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AB42
RGB	rgb(216, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 5.76, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 58.39, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0111 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.131 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8677, 44.1210, 11.3589)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AB42 #426FD8

analogous

#D86042 #D8AB42 #BAD842

triadic

#D8AB42 #42D8AB #AB42D8

tetradic

#D8AB42 #42D860 #426FD8 #D842BA

square

#D8AB42 #42D860 #426FD8 #D842BA

split-complementary

#D8AB42 #42BAD8 #6042D8

monochromatic

#84651B #B78B26 #D8AB42 #E2C275 #EDD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D8AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#D8AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AB42

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AB42	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)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c37c',
    500: '#d8ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ab42;
$custom-light: #e8c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76344,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AB42

secondary

#9CAEDA

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AB42

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

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