#D8A661#D8A661

#D8A661 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A661
RGB	rgb(216, 166, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 10.50, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 43.75, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.029 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.105 74)
XYZ	xyz(44.1150, 42.7373, 17.2325)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A661 #6193D8

analogous

#D86B61 #D8A661 #CFD861

triadic

#D8A661 #61D8A6 #A661D8

tetradic

#D8A661 #61D86B #6193D8 #D861CF

square

#D8A661 #61D86B #6193D8 #D861CF

split-complementary

#D8A661 #61CFD8 #6B61D8

monochromatic

#996826 #CA8A32 #D8A661 #E4C292 #F0DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D8A661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#D8A661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A661

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A661	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 166, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c08f',
    500: '#d8a661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a661;
$custom-light: #e7c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.79,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75714,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.42734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A661

secondary

#B4C7E1

accent

#65C81D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A661

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

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