#D8A159#D8A159

#D8A159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A159
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 12.57, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 46.63, 74.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.034 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.111 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8693, 40.8130, 15.0691)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A159 #5990D8

analogous

#D86259 #D8A159 #CFD859

triadic

#D8A159 #59D8A1 #A159D8

tetradic

#D8A159 #59D862 #5990D8 #D859CF

square

#D8A159 #59D862 #5990D8 #D859CF

split-complementary

#D8A159 #59CFD8 #6259D8

monochromatic

#946323 #C5842E #D8A159 #E4BD8B #EFD9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D8A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#D8A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A159

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A159	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)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bc8a',
    500: '#d8a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a159;
$custom-light: #e7bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.016,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A159

secondary

#AEC3DF

accent

#89E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A159

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

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