#D8AE49#D8AE49

#D8AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE49
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 4.55, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 56.12, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0085 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.127 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6600, 45.3549, 12.7041)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE49 #4973D8

analogous

#D86749 #D8AE49 #BAD849

triadic

#D8AE49 #49D8AE #AE49D8

tetradic

#D8AE49 #49D867 #4973D8 #D849BA

square

#D8AE49 #49D867 #4973D8 #D849BA

split-complementary

#D8AE49 #49BAD8 #6749D8

monochromatic

#896A1D #BC9028 #D8AE49 #E3C47B #EEDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D8AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D8AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE49

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE49	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c580',
    500: '#d8ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae49;
$custom-light: #e8c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77004,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE49

secondary

#A1B2DC

accent

#71E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE49

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

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