#D8A561#D8A561

#D8A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A561
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 11.04, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 43.59, 75.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0305 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.105 73)
XYZ	xyz(43.9339, 42.3752, 17.1722)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A561 #6194D8

analogous

#D86A61 #D8A561 #CFD861

triadic

#D8A561 #61D8A5 #A561D8

tetradic

#D8A561 #61D86A #6194D8 #D861CF

square

#D8A561 #61D86A #6194D8 #D861CF

split-complementary

#D8A561 #61CFD8 #6A61D8

monochromatic

#996826 #CA8932 #D8A561 #E4C192 #F0DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D8A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#D8A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A561

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A561	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bf8f',
    500: '#d8a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a561;
$custom-light: #e7bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.42372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A561

secondary

#B4C7E1

accent

#67C81D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A561

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

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