#D8A255#D8A255

#D8A255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A255
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 11.74, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 48.56, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.031 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.114 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8814, 41.0985, 14.2668)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A255 #558BD8

analogous

#D86155 #D8A255 #CDD855

triadic

#D8A255 #55D8A2 #A255D8

tetradic

#D8A255 #55D861 #558BD8 #D855CD

square

#D8A255 #55D861 #558BD8 #D855CD

split-complementary

#D8A255 #55CDD8 #6155D8

monochromatic

#916321 #C3852D #D8A255 #E3BD87 #EFD8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D8A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#D8A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A255

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A255	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd87',
    500: '#d8a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a255;
$custom-light: #e8bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A255

secondary

#ABC0DE

accent

#86E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A255

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

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