#D8AD40#D8AD40

#D8AD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.133 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AD40
RGB	rgb(216, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 4.59, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 59.62, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0075 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.133 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1904, 44.8591, 11.1806)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AD40 #406BD8

analogous

#D86140 #D8AD40 #B7D840

triadic

#D8AD40 #40D8AD #AD40D8

tetradic

#D8AD40 #40D861 #406BD8 #D840B7

square

#D8AD40 #40D861 #406BD8 #D840B7

split-complementary

#D8AD40 #40B7D8 #6140D8

monochromatic

#83651B #B68D25 #D8AD40 #E2C373 #EDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D8AD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#D8AD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AD40

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AD40	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.133 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c57b',
    500: '#d8ad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ad40;
$custom-light: #e8c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76724,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AD40

secondary

#9AACDA

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AD40

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

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