#D8A151#D8A151

#D8A151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A151
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 12.00, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 50.19, 76.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0313 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.117 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5515, 40.6858, 13.3950)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A151 #5188D8

analogous

#D85E51 #D8A151 #CBD851

triadic

#D8A151 #51D8A1 #A151D8

tetradic

#D8A151 #51D85E #5188D8 #D851CB

square

#D8A151 #51D85E #5188D8 #D851CB

split-complementary

#D8A151 #51CBD8 #5E51D8

monochromatic

#8F6220 #C1842B #D8A151 #E3BC83 #EED7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D8A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#D8A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A151

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A151	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bc84',
    500: '#d8a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a151;
$custom-light: #e8bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A151

secondary

#A8BDDD

accent

#85E641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A151

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

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