#D8A550#D8A550

#D8A550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A550
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 9.79, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 51.26, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0246 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.119 78)
XYZ	xyz(43.2245, 42.0914, 13.4357)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A550 #5083D8

analogous

#D86150 #D8A550 #C7D850

triadic

#D8A550 #50D8A5 #A550D8

tetradic

#D8A550 #50D861 #5083D8 #D850C7

square

#D8A550 #50D861 #5083D8 #D850C7

split-complementary

#D8A550 #50C7D8 #6150D8

monochromatic

#8E6520 #C0882B #D8A550 #E3BF82 #EED8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#D8A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A550

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A550	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bf84',
    500: '#d8a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a550;
$custom-light: #e8bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A550

secondary

#A7BBDD

accent

#7FE741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A550

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

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