#D8A489#D8A489

#D8A489 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.072 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A489
RGB	rgb(216, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 36.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 15.61, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 26.53, 53.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0478 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.072 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1111, 42.9586, 29.5251)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A489 #89BDD8

analogous

#D88996 #D8A489 #D8CB89

triadic

#D8A489 #89D8A4 #A489D8

tetradic

#D8A489 #96D889 #89BDD8 #CB89D8

square

#D8A489 #96D889 #89BDD8 #CB89D8

split-complementary

#D8A489 #89D8CB #8996D8

monochromatic

#AD6139 #C9815B #D8A489 #E7C7B7 #F6EBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#D8A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A489

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A489	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.072 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bfab',
    500: '#d8a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a489;
$custom-light: #e5bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.506,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76041,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A489

secondary

#D3E2EA

accent

#8ABE28

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FCF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A489

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

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