#D8A556#D8A556

#D8A556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A556
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 10.20, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 48.58, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0266 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.114 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4561, 42.1841, 14.6558)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A556 #5689D8

analogous

#D86456 #D8A556 #CAD856

triadic

#D8A556 #56D8A5 #A556D8

tetradic

#D8A556 #56D864 #5689D8 #D856CA

square

#D8A556 #56D864 #5689D8 #D856CA

split-complementary

#D8A556 #56CAD8 #6456D8

monochromatic

#926622 #C4892D #D8A556 #E3BF88 #EFDAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D8A556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#D8A556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A556

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A556	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bf88',
    500: '#d8a556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a556;
$custom-light: #e7bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75375,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A556

secondary

#ABBFDE

accent

#82E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A556

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

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