#D8B242#D8B242

#D8B242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.134 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B242
RGB	rgb(216, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 2.05, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 59.97, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0004 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.134 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2251, 46.8358, 11.8114)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B242 #4268D8

analogous

#D86742 #D8B242 #B3D842

triadic

#D8B242 #42D8B2 #B242D8

tetradic

#D8B242 #42D867 #4268D8 #D842B3

square

#D8B242 #42D867 #4268D8 #D842B3

split-complementary

#D8B242 #42B3D8 #6742D8

monochromatic

#846A1B #B79226 #D8B242 #E2C775 #EDDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D8B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#D8B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B242

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B242	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.134 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c87c',
    500: '#d8b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b242;
$custom-light: #e8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77742,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B242

secondary

#9CABDA

accent

#6AE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B242

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

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