#D8A555#D8A555

#D8A555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A555
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 10.13, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 49.03, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0263 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.115 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4161, 42.1681, 14.4451)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A555 #5588D8

analogous

#D86455 #D8A555 #CAD855

triadic

#D8A555 #55D8A5 #A555D8

tetradic

#D8A555 #55D864 #5588D8 #D855CA

square

#D8A555 #55D864 #5588D8 #D855CA

split-complementary

#D8A555 #55CAD8 #6455D8

monochromatic

#916621 #C3892D #D8A555 #E3BF87 #EFDAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#D8A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A555

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A555	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)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bf87',
    500: '#d8a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a555;
$custom-light: #e7bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A555

secondary

#ABBFDE

accent

#82E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A555

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

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