#D8AE3C#D8AE3C

#D8AE3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.136 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE3C
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 3.87, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 61.41, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0049 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.136 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2731, 45.2001, 10.6667)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE3C #3C66D8

analogous

#D8603C #D8AE3C #B4D83C

triadic

#D8AE3C #3CD8AE #AE3CD8

tetradic

#D8AE3C #3CD860 #3C66D8 #D83CB4

square

#D8AE3C #3CD860 #3C66D8 #D83CB4

split-complementary

#D8AE3C #3CB4D8 #603CD8

monochromatic

#80641A #B38C24 #D8AE3C #E2C36F #ECD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D8AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#D8AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE3C

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE3C	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.136 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c579',
    500: '#d8ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae3c;
$custom-light: #e8c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE3C

secondary

#97A9D9

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE3C

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

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