#D8A281#D8A281

#D8A281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.079 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A281
RGB	rgb(216, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 15.76, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 29.51, 57.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0478 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.079 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2033, 42.0273, 26.4958)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A281 #81B7D8

analogous

#D8818B #D8A281 #D8CE81

triadic

#D8A281 #81D8A2 #A281D8

tetradic

#D8A281 #8BD881 #81B7D8 #CE81D8

square

#D8A281 #8BD881 #81B7D8 #CE81D8

split-complementary

#D8A281 #81D8CE #818BD8

monochromatic

#AA6135 #CA8052 #D8A281 #E6C4B0 #F5E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#D8A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A281

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A281	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.079 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bda5',
    500: '#d8a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a281;
$custom-light: #e6bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A281

secondary

#CDDEE8

accent

#85C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A281

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

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