#D8AE4D#D8AE4D

#D8AE4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE4D
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 4.80, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 54.39, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0097 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.124 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7969, 45.4097, 13.4252)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE4D #4D77D8

analogous

#D8694D #D8AE4D #BCD84D

triadic

#D8AE4D #4DD8AE #AE4DD8

tetradic

#D8AE4D #4DD869 #4D77D8 #D84DBC

square

#D8AE4D #4DD869 #4D77D8 #D84DBC

split-complementary

#D8AE4D #4DBCD8 #694DD8

monochromatic

#8C6B1F #BE912A #D8AE4D #E3C57F #EEDCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D8AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#D8AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE4D

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE4D	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c583',
    500: '#d8ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae4d;
$custom-light: #e8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77044,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE4D

secondary

#A4B5DC

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE4D

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

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