#D8A479#D8A479

#D8A479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A479
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 13.81, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 32.78, 65.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0414 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.084 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0473, 42.5331, 23.9225)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A479 #79ADD8

analogous

#D8797D #D8A479 #D8D379

triadic

#D8A479 #79D8A4 #A479D8

tetradic

#D8A479 #7DD879 #79ADD8 #D379D8

square

#D8A479 #7DD879 #79ADD8 #D379D8

split-complementary

#D8A479 #79D8D3 #797DD8

monochromatic

#A66630 #CA844A #D8A479 #E6C4A8 #F4E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D8A479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#D8A479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A479

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A479	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bfa0',
    500: '#d8a479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a479;
$custom-light: #e6bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.158,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A479

secondary

#C7D8E6

accent

#7AC223

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A479

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

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