#D8A459#D8A459

#D8A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A459
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 10.95, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 47.07, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0292 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.111 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3999, 41.8741, 15.2459)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A459 #598DD8

analogous

#D86559 #D8A459 #CDD859

triadic

#D8A459 #59D8A4 #A459D8

tetradic

#D8A459 #59D865 #598DD8 #D859CD

square

#D8A459 #59D865 #598DD8 #D859CD

split-complementary

#D8A459 #59CDD8 #6559D8

monochromatic

#946623 #C5882E #D8A459 #E4BF8B #EFDABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D8A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#D8A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A459

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A459	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7be8a',
    500: '#d8a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a459;
$custom-light: #e7be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A459

secondary

#AEC2DF

accent

#85E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A459

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

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