#D8A253#D8A253

#D8A253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A253
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 11.60, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 49.45, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0303 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.116 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8030, 41.0672, 13.8543)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A253 #5389D8

analogous

#D85F53 #D8A253 #CBD853

triadic

#D8A253 #53D8A2 #A253D8

tetradic

#D8A253 #53D85F #5389D8 #D853CB

square

#D8A253 #53D85F #5389D8 #D853CB

split-complementary

#D8A253 #53CBD8 #5F53D8

monochromatic

#906321 #C2852C #D8A253 #E3BD85 #EFD8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D8A253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#D8A253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A253

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A253	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)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd86',
    500: '#d8a253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a253;
$custom-light: #e8bd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A253

secondary

#A9BEDE

accent

#84E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A253

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

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