#D8A181#D8A181

#D8A181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.079 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A181
RGB	rgb(216, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 16.30, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 29.53, 56.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0494 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.079 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0279, 41.6764, 26.4373)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A181 #81B8D8

analogous

#D8818C #D8A181 #D8CC81

triadic

#D8A181 #81D8A1 #A181D8

tetradic

#D8A181 #8CD881 #81B8D8 #CC81D8

square

#D8A181 #8CD881 #81B8D8 #CC81D8

split-complementary

#D8A181 #81D8CC #818CD8

monochromatic

#AA6035 #CA7E52 #D8A181 #E6C4B0 #F5E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D8A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#D8A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A181

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A181	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.079 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bda5',
    500: '#d8a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a181;
$custom-light: #e6bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.069,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A181

secondary

#CDDEE8

accent

#87C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A181

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

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