#D8AE42#D8AE42

#D8AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE42
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 4.17, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 59.04, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0065 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.132 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4408, 45.2672, 11.5499)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE42 #426CD8

analogous

#D86342 #D8AE42 #B7D842

triadic

#D8AE42 #42D8AE #AE42D8

tetradic

#D8AE42 #42D863 #426CD8 #D842B7

square

#D8AE42 #42D863 #426CD8 #D842B7

split-complementary

#D8AE42 #42B7D8 #6342D8

monochromatic

#84671B #B78E26 #D8AE42 #E2C475 #EDD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D8AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#D8AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE42

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c57c',
    500: '#d8ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae42;
$custom-light: #e8c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE42

secondary

#9CADDA

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE42

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

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