#D8A579#D8A579

#D8A579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A579
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 13.28, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 32.85, 66.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0398 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.084 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2270, 42.8924, 23.9823)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A579 #79ACD8

analogous

#D8797C #D8A579 #D8D479

triadic

#D8A579 #79D8A5 #A579D8

tetradic

#D8A579 #7CD879 #79ACD8 #D479D8

square

#D8A579 #7CD879 #79ACD8 #D479D8

split-complementary

#D8A579 #79D8D4 #797CD8

monochromatic

#A66730 #CA854A #D8A579 #E6C5A8 #F4E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D8A579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D8A579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A579

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A579	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bfa0',
    500: '#d8a579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a579;
$custom-light: #e6bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.789,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A579

secondary

#C7D8E6

accent

#79C223

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A579

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

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