#D8A261#D8A261

#D8A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A261
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 12.65, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 43.16, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0353 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.104 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3992, 41.3056, 16.9939)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A261 #6197D8

analogous

#D86761 #D8A261 #D3D861

triadic

#D8A261 #61D8A2 #A261D8

tetradic

#D8A261 #61D867 #6197D8 #D861D3

square

#D8A261 #61D867 #6197D8 #D861D3

split-complementary

#D8A261 #61D3D8 #6761D8

monochromatic

#996526 #CA8532 #D8A261 #E4BF92 #F0DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D8A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#D8A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A261

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A261	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bd8f',
    500: '#d8a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a261;
$custom-light: #e7bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.773,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74943,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A261

secondary

#B4C8E1

accent

#6BC81D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A261

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

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