#D8A456#D8A456

#D8A456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A456
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 10.74, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 48.42, 77.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0282 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.114 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2765, 41.8247, 14.5959)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A456 #568AD8

analogous

#D86356 #D8A456 #CBD856

triadic

#D8A456 #56D8A4 #A456D8

tetradic

#D8A456 #56D863 #568AD8 #D856CB

square

#D8A456 #56D863 #568AD8 #D856CB

split-complementary

#D8A456 #56CBD8 #6356D8

monochromatic

#926522 #C4872D #D8A456 #E3BF88 #EFDAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D8A456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#D8A456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A456

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A456	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7be88',
    500: '#d8a456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a456;
$custom-light: #e7be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A456

secondary

#ABC0DE

accent

#84E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A456

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

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