#D6A256#D6A256

#D6A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6A256
RGB	rgb(214, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 10.97, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 47.62, 76.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.029 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.112 75)
XYZ	xyz(42.3339, 40.8116, 14.4500)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6A256 #568AD6

analogous

#D66256 #D6A256 #CAD656

triadic

#D6A256 #56D6A2 #A256D6

tetradic

#D6A256 #56D662 #568AD6 #D656CA

square

#D6A256 #56D662 #568AD6 #D656CA

split-complementary

#D6A256 #56CAD6 #6256D6

monochromatic

#8F6323 #C0852F #D6A256 #E2BD87 #EED8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D6A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#D6A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6A256

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6A256	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)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bd88',
    500: '#d6a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6a256;
$custom-light: #e6bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.40809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6A256

secondary

#ABBFDD

accent

#85E444

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6A256

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →