#D8A481#D8A481

#D8A481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A481
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 14.68, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 29.51, 60.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0446 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.078 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5584, 42.7375, 26.6142)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A481 #81B5D8

analogous

#D88189 #D8A481 #D8CF81

triadic

#D8A481 #81D8A4 #A481D8

tetradic

#D8A481 #89D881 #81B5D8 #CF81D8

square

#D8A481 #89D881 #81B5D8 #CF81D8

split-complementary

#D8A481 #81D8CF #8189D8

monochromatic

#AA6435 #CA8252 #D8A481 #E6C6B0 #F5E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D8A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#D8A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A481

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A481	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bfa6',
    500: '#d8a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a481;
$custom-light: #e6bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.138,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A481

secondary

#CDDDE8

accent

#82C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A481

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

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