#D8AE40#D8AE40

#D8AE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE40
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 4.06, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 59.84, 86.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0059 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.134 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3829, 45.2441, 11.2448)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE40 #406AD8

analogous

#D86240 #D8AE40 #B6D840

triadic

#D8AE40 #40D8AE #AE40D8

tetradic

#D8AE40 #40D862 #406AD8 #D840B6

square

#D8AE40 #40D862 #406AD8 #D840B6

split-complementary

#D8AE40 #40B6D8 #6240D8

monochromatic

#83661B #B68E25 #D8AE40 #E2C473 #EDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D8AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#D8AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE40

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE40	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c57b',
    500: '#d8ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae40;
$custom-light: #e8c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE40

secondary

#9AACDA

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE40

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

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