#D8A257#D8A257

#D8A257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A257
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 11.88, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 47.66, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0317 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.112 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9619, 41.1308, 14.6912)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A257 #578DD8

analogous

#D86257 #D8A257 #CDD857

triadic

#D8A257 #57D8A2 #A257D8

tetradic

#D8A257 #57D862 #578DD8 #D857CD

square

#D8A257 #57D862 #578DD8 #D857CD

split-complementary

#D8A257 #57CDD8 #6257D8

monochromatic

#936322 #C4852E #D8A257 #E4BD89 #EFD9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D8A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#D8A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A257

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A257	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bd88',
    500: '#d8a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a257;
$custom-light: #e7bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74808,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A257

secondary

#ACC1DF

accent

#87E542

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A257

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

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