#D8A256#D8A256

#D8A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A256
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 11.81, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 48.11, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0314 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.113 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9214, 41.1145, 14.4775)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A256 #568CD8

analogous

#D86156 #D8A256 #CDD856

triadic

#D8A256 #56D8A2 #A256D8

tetradic

#D8A256 #56D861 #568CD8 #D856CD

square

#D8A256 #56D861 #568CD8 #D856CD

split-complementary

#D8A256 #56CDD8 #6156D8

monochromatic

#926322 #C4852D #D8A256 #E3BD88 #EFD9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D8A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#D8A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A256

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A256	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)

#B6A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd88',
    500: '#d8a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a256;
$custom-light: #e8bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A256

secondary

#ABC1DE

accent

#86E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A256

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

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