#D8A559#D8A559

#D8A559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A559
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 10.42, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 47.23, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0277 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.111 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5796, 42.2334, 15.3058)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A559 #598CD8

analogous

#D86659 #D8A559 #CBD859

triadic

#D8A559 #59D8A5 #A559D8

tetradic

#D8A559 #59D866 #598CD8 #D859CB

square

#D8A559 #59D866 #598CD8 #D859CB

split-complementary

#D8A559 #59CBD8 #6659D8

monochromatic

#946623 #C5892E #D8A559 #E4C08B #EFDBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D8A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#D8A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A559

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A559	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bf8a',
    500: '#d8a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a559;
$custom-light: #e7bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A559

secondary

#AEC2DF

accent

#84E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A559

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

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