#D8AE4A#D8AE4A

#D8AE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE4A
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 4.61, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 55.69, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0088 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.126 86)
XYZ	xyz(44.6934, 45.3683, 12.8802)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE4A #4A74D8

analogous

#D8674A #D8AE4A #BBD84A

triadic

#D8AE4A #4AD8AE #AE4AD8

tetradic

#D8AE4A #4AD867 #4A74D8 #D84ABB

square

#D8AE4A #4AD867 #4A74D8 #D84ABB

split-complementary

#D8AE4A #4ABBD8 #674AD8

monochromatic

#8A6A1E #BC9129 #D8AE4A #E3C57C #EEDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D8AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D8AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE4A

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE4A	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C1AD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c581',
    500: '#d8ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae4a;
$custom-light: #e8c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77014,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.45365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE4A

secondary

#A2B3DC

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE4A

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

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