#D8A451#D8A451

#D8A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A451
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 10.39, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 50.65, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0265 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.118 77)
XYZ	xyz(43.0820, 41.7470, 13.5718)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A451 #5185D8

analogous

#D86051 #D8A451 #C8D851

triadic

#D8A451 #51D8A4 #A451D8

tetradic

#D8A451 #51D860 #5185D8 #D851C8

square

#D8A451 #51D860 #5185D8 #D851C8

split-complementary

#D8A451 #51C8D8 #6051D8

monochromatic

#8F6420 #C1872B #D8A451 #E3BE83 #EED8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D8A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#D8A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A451

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A451	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8be85',
    500: '#d8a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a451;
$custom-light: #e8be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.41744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A451

secondary

#A8BCDD

accent

#81E641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A451

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

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