#D8B44A#D8B44A
#D8B44A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.130 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D8B44A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(216, 180, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 65%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 66%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 65.7%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.66, 1.44, 57.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.66, 57.16, 88.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.22% -0.0004 0.1296) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.22% 0.13 90.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8785, 47.7385, 13.2752) |
| Luminance | 0.4774 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.02
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.67
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 4.70
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.72
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.32
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D8B44A #4A6ED8
analogous
#D86D4A #D8B44A #B5D84A
triadic
#D8B44A #4AD8B4 #B44AD8
tetradic
#D8B44A #4AD86D #4A6ED8 #D84AB5
square
#D8B44A #4AD86D #4A6ED8 #D84AB5
split-complementary
#D8B44A #4AB5D8 #6D4AD8
monochromatic
#8A6E1E #BC9729 #D8B44A #E3C97C #EEDEAF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#D8B44A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.55
#D8B44A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D8B44A
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D8B44A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D8B44A | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.55 | 10.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B23D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9A69E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d8b44a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.130 90.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8ca81',
500: '#d8b44a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d8b44a; $custom-light: #e8ca81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d8b44a",
"rgb": {
"r": 216,
"g": 180,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.789,
"s": 64.545,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78216,
"c": 0.12963,
"h": 90.2
},
"luminance": 0.47736
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D8B44A
secondary
#A2B1DC
accent
#6BE840
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FDF8EF
border
#D5D1CA
text
#17130B
muted
#85827C