#D6B261#D6B261

#D6B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B261
RGB	rgb(214, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 3.27, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 45.92, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0079 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.108 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8116, 47.0025, 17.9663)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B261 #6185D6

analogous

#D67761 #D6B261 #C0D661

triadic

#D6B261 #61D6B2 #B261D6

tetradic

#D6B261 #61D677 #6185D6 #D661C0

square

#D6B261 #61D677 #6185D6 #D661C0

split-complementary

#D6B261 #61C0D6 #7761D6

monochromatic

#967427 #C69933 #D6B261 #E3CA92 #EFE1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D6B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#D6B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B261

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B261	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c890',
    500: '#d6b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b261;
$custom-light: #e5c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B261

secondary

#B3C1DF

accent

#53C61F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B261

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

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