#D8A651#D8A651

#D8A651 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A651
RGB	rgb(216, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 9.32, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 50.99, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0234 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.118 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4428, 42.4684, 13.6921)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A651 #5183D8

analogous

#D86251 #D8A651 #C6D851

triadic

#D8A651 #51D8A6 #A651D8

tetradic

#D8A651 #51D862 #5183D8 #D851C6

square

#D8A651 #51D862 #5183D8 #D851C6

split-complementary

#D8A651 #51C6D8 #6251D8

monochromatic

#8F6620 #C1892B #D8A651 #E3C083 #EED9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D8A651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#D8A651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A651

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A651	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c085',
    500: '#d8a651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a651;
$custom-light: #e8c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A651

secondary

#A8BBDD

accent

#7FE641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A651

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

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