#D8B040#D8B040

#D8B040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.135 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B040
RGB	rgb(216, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, 3.00, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 60.30, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0029 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.135 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7722, 46.0226, 11.3746)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B040 #4068D8

analogous

#D86440 #D8B040 #B4D840

triadic

#D8B040 #40D8B0 #B040D8

tetradic

#D8B040 #40D864 #4068D8 #D840B4

square

#D8B040 #40D864 #4068D8 #D840B4

split-complementary

#D8B040 #40B4D8 #6440D8

monochromatic

#83671B #B69025 #D8B040 #E2C573 #EDDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#D8B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#D8B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B040

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B040	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.135 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c77b',
    500: '#d8b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b040;
$custom-light: #e8c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77324,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B040

secondary

#9AABDA

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B040

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

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