#D8A557#D8A557

#D8A557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A557
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 10.27, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 48.13, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.027 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.113 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4967, 42.2003, 14.8695)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A557 #578AD8

analogous

#D86557 #D8A557 #CBD857

triadic

#D8A557 #57D8A5 #A557D8

tetradic

#D8A557 #57D865 #578AD8 #D857CB

square

#D8A557 #57D865 #578AD8 #D857CB

split-complementary

#D8A557 #57CBD8 #6557D8

monochromatic

#936622 #C4892E #D8A557 #E4C089 #EFDABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D8A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#D8A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A557

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A557	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B8A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bf89',
    500: '#d8a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a557;
$custom-light: #e7bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75388,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A557

secondary

#ACC0DF

accent

#83E542

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A557

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

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