#D8A462#D8A462

#D8A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.104 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A462
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 11.66, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 42.98, 74.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0325 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.104 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8012, 42.0346, 17.3594)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A462 #6296D8

analogous

#D86962 #D8A462 #D1D862

triadic

#D8A462 #62D8A4 #A462D8

tetradic

#D8A462 #62D869 #6296D8 #D862D1

square

#D8A462 #62D869 #6296D8 #D862D1

split-complementary

#D8A462 #62D1D8 #6962D8

monochromatic

#996726 #CA8732 #D8A462 #E4C093 #F0DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#D8A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A462

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A462	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.104 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7be90',
    500: '#d8a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a462;
$custom-light: #e7be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.559,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75342,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A462

secondary

#B5C8E1

accent

#69C81E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A462

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

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