#D8A178#D8A178

#D8A178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.086 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A178
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 44.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 15.33, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.05, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0458 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.086 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4558, 41.4476, 23.4243)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A178 #78AFD8

analogous

#D8787F #D8A178 #D8D178

triadic

#D8A178 #78D8A1 #A178D8

tetradic

#D8A178 #7FD878 #78AFD8 #D178D8

square

#D8A178 #7FD878 #78AFD8 #D178D8

split-complementary

#D8A178 #78D8D1 #787FD8

monochromatic

#A66230 #CA8049 #D8A178 #E6C2A7 #F3E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#D8A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#D8A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A178

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A178	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.086 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bc9f',
    500: '#d8a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a178;
$custom-light: #e6bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A178

secondary

#C6D8E6

accent

#7EC323

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A178

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

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