#D8A581#D8A581

#D8A581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.078 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A581
RGB	rgb(216, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(25, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 14.14, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 29.53, 61.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.043 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.078 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7381, 43.0968, 26.6740)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A581 #81B4D8

analogous

#D88188 #D8A581 #D8D181

triadic

#D8A581 #81D8A5 #A581D8

tetradic

#D8A581 #88D881 #81B4D8 #D181D8

square

#D8A581 #88D881 #81B4D8 #D181D8

split-complementary

#D8A581 #81D8D1 #8188D8

monochromatic

#AA6535 #CA8452 #D8A581 #E6C6B0 #F5E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#D8A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A581

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A581	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.078 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bfa6',
    500: '#d8a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a581;
$custom-light: #e6bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.828,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.07777,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A581

secondary

#CDDDE8

accent

#80C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A581

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

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