#D8B140#D8B140

#D8B140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B140
RGB	rgb(216, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 2.48, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 60.53, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0014 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.135 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9690, 46.4162, 11.4401)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B140 #4067D8

analogous

#D86540 #D8B140 #B3D840

triadic

#D8B140 #40D8B1 #B140D8

tetradic

#D8B140 #40D865 #4067D8 #D840B3

square

#D8B140 #40D865 #4067D8 #D840B3

split-complementary

#D8B140 #40B3D8 #6540D8

monochromatic

#83681B #B69125 #D8B140 #E2C673 #EDDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D8B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#D8B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B140

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B140	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c87b',
    500: '#d8b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b140;
$custom-light: #e8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77524,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B140

secondary

#9AAADA

accent

#6AE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B140

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

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