#D8A259#D8A259

#D8A259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A259
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 12.03, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 46.76, 75.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0324 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.111 73)
XYZ	xyz(43.0448, 41.1639, 15.1275)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A259 #598FD8

analogous

#D86359 #D8A259 #CFD859

triadic

#D8A259 #59D8A2 #A259D8

tetradic

#D8A259 #59D863 #598FD8 #D859CF

square

#D8A259 #59D863 #598FD8 #D859CF

split-complementary

#D8A259 #59CFD8 #6359D8

monochromatic

#946423 #C5852E #D8A259 #E4BE8B #EFDABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D8A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#D8A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A259

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A259	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bd8a',
    500: '#d8a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a259;
$custom-light: #e7bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.488,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.41161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A259

secondary

#AEC3DF

accent

#88E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A259

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

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