#D8A251#D8A251

#D8A251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A251
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 11.46, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 50.33, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0297 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.117 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7269, 41.0367, 13.4535)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A251 #5187D8

analogous

#D85E51 #D8A251 #CAD851

triadic

#D8A251 #51D8A2 #A251D8

tetradic

#D8A251 #51D85E #5187D8 #D851CA

square

#D8A251 #51D85E #5187D8 #D851CA

split-complementary

#D8A251 #51CAD8 #5E51D8

monochromatic

#8F6220 #C1852B #D8A251 #E3BD83 #EED7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D8A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#D8A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A251

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A251	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd84',
    500: '#d8a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a251;
$custom-light: #e8bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74735,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A251

secondary

#A8BDDD

accent

#83E641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A251

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

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