#D8AD3C#D8AD3C

#D8AD3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AD3C
RGB	rgb(216, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 4.40, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 61.20, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0064 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.136 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0807, 44.8152, 10.6025)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AD3C #3C67D8

analogous

#D85F3C #D8AD3C #B5D83C

triadic

#D8AD3C #3CD8AD #AD3CD8

tetradic

#D8AD3C #3CD85F #3C67D8 #D83CB5

square

#D8AD3C #3CD85F #3C67D8 #D83CB5

split-complementary

#D8AD3C #3CB5D8 #5F3CD8

monochromatic

#80641A #B38C24 #D8AD3C #E2C26F #ECD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D8AD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#D8AD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AD3C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AD3C	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c579',
    500: '#d8ad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ad3c;
$custom-light: #e8c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.462,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AD3C

secondary

#97A9D9

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AD3C

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

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