#D8B042#D8B042

#D8B042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.133 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B042
RGB	rgb(216, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 3.11, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 59.49, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0034 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.133 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8301, 46.0457, 11.6797)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B042 #426AD8

analogous

#D86542 #D8B042 #B5D842

triadic

#D8B042 #42D8B0 #B042D8

tetradic

#D8B042 #42D865 #426AD8 #D842B5

square

#D8B042 #42D865 #426AD8 #D842B5

split-complementary

#D8B042 #42B5D8 #6542D8

monochromatic

#84681B #B79026 #D8B042 #E2C575 #EDDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#D8B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#D8B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B042

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B042	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.133 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c77c',
    500: '#d8b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b042;
$custom-light: #e8c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B042

secondary

#9CACDA

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B042

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

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