Auric Artisan brand color

Auric gold #D3AF37

#D3AF37 is Auric Artisan's brand gold. It is a light soft amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.766, chroma 0.138 and hue 91.6°. The nearest CSS named color is goldenrod (#DAA520), ΔE2000 5.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.4478
OKLCH L · C · h
0.766 · 0.138 · 91.6
Best text
Black 9.95:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#D3AF37 color codes

HEX
#D3AF37
RGB
rgb(211, 175, 55)
HSL
hsl(46, 64%, 52%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.766 0.138 91.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.766 -0.004 0.138)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 72.75, a* 0.95, b* 62.79
XYZ (D65)
X 42.89, Y 44.79, Z 10.00
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 17%, 74%, 17%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #D3AF37 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 9.95:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.10:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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  • Black text on it

    9.95:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +62

  • White text on it

    2.10:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −45

  • As text on black

    9.95:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −61

  • As text on white

    2.10:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +41

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #8F7300 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.77 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

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  • For text on black

    #D3AF37 9.95:1

    It already reaches 9.95:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #D3AF37 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D3AF37

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D3AF37 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF5D7
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.29
  2. 100#FFEAAD
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.62
  3. 200#F5D574
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.65
  4. 300This color#D3AF37
    White
    2.10
    Black
    9.95
  5. 400#C09E23
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.15
  6. 500#A28200
    White
    3.66
    Black
    5.72
  7. 600#866B00
    White
    5.10
    Black
    4.11
  8. 700#6B5500
    White
    7.18
    Black
    2.92
  9. 800#4E3E00
    White
    10.43
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#332700
    White
    14.67
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#1D1500
    White
    18.11
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #D3AF37 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.157; #D3AF37 uses 88% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.181 there: 16% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.138
sRGB edge
0.157
Display P3 edge
0.181
Rec. 2020 edge
0.185
Dominant wavelength
577 nm
Excitation purity
72%
Chromaticity
x 0.4391, y 0.4585
  • This color#D3AF37
  • Most vivid in sRGB#D7AE00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.766 0.181 91.6)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #d3af37;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8364 0.6828 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D3AF37

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#E9D79B
  • OKLab50%#E9D8A4
  • OKLCH50%#E9D8A4

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6A581C
  • OKLab50%#51410F
  • OKLCH50%#51410F

Its complement #98AEFF

  • sRGB50%#B6AF9B
  • OKLab50%#B5B3AC
  • OKLCH50%#F68EAD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d3af37, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d3af37 50%, white);

In use

#D3AF37 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:19.95:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.10:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.10:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.10:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8F7300 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:19.95:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.88:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:18.88:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.88:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D3AF37 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.8; protanopia changes it least, 4.5.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #C3AD23 ΔE2000 4.5

    Close match

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #CBB73E ΔE2000 4.8

    Close match

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #E4A097 ΔE2000 30.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #B2B2B2 ΔE2000 26.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #98AEFF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#D3AF37 · #98AEFF53.7Stays distinct
Protanopia#C3AD23 · #92B6FF53.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#CBB73E · #89ADFD54.4Stays distinct
Tritanopia#E4A097 · #77BECB46.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#B2B2B2 · #B1B1B10.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D3AF37

Its complement is #98AEFF, a light soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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  • Base#D3AF37
  • Complement#98AEFF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F19D4D
  • Base#D3AF37
  • +30°#A5C054

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#D3AF37
  • +120°#00C9E3
  • +240°#E591DA

Triadic

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  • Base#D3AF37
  • +150°#5CBCFF
  • +210°#C39DFC

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-auric-gold: #d3af37;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'auric-gold': '#d3af37',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-auric-gold: oklch(0.766 0.138 91.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "auric-gold": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8275, 0.6863, 0.2157],
        "hex": "#d3af37"
      },
      "$description": "Auric Artisan brand gold"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let auricGold = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.827, green: 0.686, blue: 0.216, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val AuricGold = Color(0xFFD3AF37)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #D3AF37 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.