#D8A659#D8A659

#D8A659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A659
RGB	rgb(216, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 9.88, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 47.40, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0261 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.112 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7606, 42.5956, 15.3661)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A659 #598BD8

analogous

#D86759 #D8A659 #CAD859

triadic

#D8A659 #59D8A6 #A659D8

tetradic

#D8A659 #59D867 #598BD8 #D859CA

square

#D8A659 #59D867 #598BD8 #D859CA

split-complementary

#D8A659 #59CAD8 #6759D8

monochromatic

#946723 #C58A2E #D8A659 #E4C18B #EFDBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D8A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#D8A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A659

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A659	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c08a',
    500: '#d8a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a659;
$custom-light: #e7c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.378,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A659

secondary

#AEC1DF

accent

#83E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A659

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

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