#D8A156#D8A156

#D8A156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A156
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 12.35, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 47.97, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.033 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.113 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7459, 40.7636, 14.4191)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A156 #568DD8

analogous

#D86056 #D8A156 #CED856

triadic

#D8A156 #56D8A1 #A156D8

tetradic

#D8A156 #56D860 #568DD8 #D856CE

square

#D8A156 #56D860 #568DD8 #D856CE

split-complementary

#D8A156 #56CED8 #6056D8

monochromatic

#926222 #C4842D #D8A156 #E3BD88 #EFD8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D8A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#D8A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A156

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A156	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bc88',
    500: '#d8a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a156;
$custom-light: #e8bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74603,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A156

secondary

#ABC1DE

accent

#87E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A156

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

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