#D8AC42#D8AC42

#D8AC42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.131 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AC42
RGB	rgb(216, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 5.23, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 58.60, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0095 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.131 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0573, 44.5002, 11.4221)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AC42 #426ED8

analogous

#D86142 #D8AC42 #B9D842

triadic

#D8AC42 #42D8AC #AC42D8

tetradic

#D8AC42 #42D861 #426ED8 #D842B9

square

#D8AC42 #42D861 #426ED8 #D842B9

split-complementary

#D8AC42 #42B9D8 #6142D8

monochromatic

#84651B #B78C26 #D8AC42 #E2C275 #EDD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D8AC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#D8AC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AC42

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AC42	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.131 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c47c',
    500: '#d8ac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ac42;
$custom-light: #e8c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76542,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AC42

secondary

#9CAEDA

accent

#71E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AC42

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

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