#D6A252#D6A252

#D6A252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A252
RGB	rgb(214, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 10.68, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 49.41, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0277 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.115 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1773, 40.7490, 13.6249)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A252 #5286D6

analogous

#D66052 #D6A252 #C8D652

triadic

#D6A252 #52D6A2 #A252D6

tetradic

#D6A252 #52D660 #5286D6 #D652C8

square

#D6A252 #52D660 #5286D6 #D652C8

split-complementary

#D6A252 #52C8D6 #6052D6

monochromatic

#8C6221 #BE852D #D6A252 #E2BD83 #EDD7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D6A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#D6A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A252

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A252	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bd85',
    500: '#d6a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a252;
$custom-light: #e6bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74533,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A252

secondary

#A8BCDC

accent

#83E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A252

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

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