#D8AC40#D8AC40

#D8AC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AC40
RGB	rgb(216, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 5.12, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 59.41, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.009 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.133 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9994, 44.4770, 11.1170)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AC40 #406CD8

analogous

#D86040 #D8AC40 #B8D840

triadic

#D8AC40 #40D8AC #AC40D8

tetradic

#D8AC40 #40D860 #406CD8 #D840B8

square

#D8AC40 #40D860 #406CD8 #D840B8

split-complementary

#D8AC40 #40B8D8 #6040D8

monochromatic

#83651B #B68C25 #D8AC40 #E2C273 #EDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D8AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#D8AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AC40

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AC40	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c47b',
    500: '#d8ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ac40;
$custom-light: #e8c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AC40

secondary

#9AACDA

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AC40

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

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