#D5A256#D5A256

#D5A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5A256
RGB	rgb(213, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 10.54, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 47.37, 77.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0279 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.111 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0429, 40.6616, 14.4364)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5A256 #5689D5

analogous

#D56256 #D5A256 #C8D556

triadic

#D5A256 #56D5A2 #A256D5

tetradic

#D5A256 #56D562 #5689D5 #D556C8

square

#D5A256 #56D562 #5689D5 #D556C8

split-complementary

#D5A256 #56C8D5 #6256D5

monochromatic

#8D6323 #BE852F #D5A256 #E1BD87 #EDD8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D5A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#D5A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5A256

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5A256	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bd88',
    500: '#d5a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5a256;
$custom-light: #e5bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5A256

secondary

#AABEDD

accent

#84E344

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5A256

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

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