#D8A553#D8A553

#D8A553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A553
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 9.99, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 49.93, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0256 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.116 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3378, 42.1367, 14.0325)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A553 #5386D8

analogous

#D86253 #D8A553 #C9D853

triadic

#D8A553 #53D8A5 #A553D8

tetradic

#D8A553 #53D862 #5386D8 #D853C9

square

#D8A553 #53D862 #5386D8 #D853C9

split-complementary

#D8A553 #53C9D8 #6253D8

monochromatic

#906521 #C2882C #D8A553 #E3BF85 #EFD9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#D8A553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A553

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A553	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bf86',
    500: '#d8a553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a553;
$custom-light: #e8bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A553

secondary

#A9BDDE

accent

#81E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A553

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

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