#D8A849#D8A849

#D8A849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A849
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 7.75, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 54.86, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0177 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.125 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5267, 43.0882, 12.3264)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A849 #4979D8

analogous

#D86149 #D8A849 #C1D849

triadic

#D8A849 #49D8A8 #A849D8

tetradic

#D8A849 #49D861 #4979D8 #D849C1

square

#D8A849 #49D861 #4979D8 #D849C1

split-complementary

#D8A849 #49C1D8 #6149D8

monochromatic

#89651D #BC8A28 #D8A849 #E3C07B #EED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#D8A849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A849

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A849	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)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c180',
    500: '#d8a849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a849;
$custom-light: #e8c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A849

secondary

#A1B5DC

accent

#78E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A849

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

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