#D8AD42#D8AD42

#D8AD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AD42
RGB	rgb(216, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 4.70, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 58.82, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.008 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.132 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2484, 44.8823, 11.4858)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AD42 #426DD8

analogous

#D86242 #D8AD42 #B8D842

triadic

#D8AD42 #42D8AD #AD42D8

tetradic

#D8AD42 #42D862 #426DD8 #D842B8

square

#D8AD42 #42D862 #426DD8 #D842B8

split-complementary

#D8AD42 #42B8D8 #6242D8

monochromatic

#84661B #B78D26 #D8AD42 #E2C375 #EDD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D8AD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#D8AD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AD42

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AD42	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c57c',
    500: '#d8ad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ad42;
$custom-light: #e8c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AD42

secondary

#9CAEDA

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AD42

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

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