#D8A487#D8A487

#D8A487 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.074 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A487
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 37.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 15.37, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 27.24, 55.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.047 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.074 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9690, 42.9017, 28.7766)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A487 #87BBD8

analogous

#D88793 #D8A487 #D8CC87

triadic

#D8A487 #87D8A4 #A487D8

tetradic

#D8A487 #93D887 #87BBD8 #CC87D8

square

#D8A487 #93D887 #87BBD8 #CC87D8

split-complementary

#D8A487 #87D8CC #8793D8

monochromatic

#AD6238 #C98159 #D8A487 #E7C7B5 #F6EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D8A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A487

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A487	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.074 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bfaa',
    500: '#d8a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a487;
$custom-light: #e5bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.481,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A487

secondary

#D1E1E9

accent

#88BE27

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FCF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A487

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

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