#D6A255#D6A255

#D6A255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A255
RGB	rgb(214, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 10.89, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 48.07, 76.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0287 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.113 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2939, 40.7956, 14.2393)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A255 #5589D6

analogous

#D66155 #D6A255 #C9D655

triadic

#D6A255 #55D6A2 #A255D6

tetradic

#D6A255 #55D661 #5589D6 #D655C9

square

#D6A255 #55D661 #5589D6 #D655C9

split-complementary

#D6A255 #55C9D6 #6155D6

monochromatic

#8E6322 #C0852E #D6A255 #E2BD86 #EED8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D6A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#D6A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A255

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A255	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bd87',
    500: '#d6a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a255;
$custom-light: #e6bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.814,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A255

secondary

#AABEDD

accent

#84E444

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A255

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

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