#D8A851#D8A851

#D8A851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A851
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 8.25, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 51.36, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0203 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.119 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8092, 43.2012, 13.8142)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A851 #5181D8

analogous

#D86451 #D8A851 #C4D851

triadic

#D8A851 #51D8A8 #A851D8

tetradic

#D8A851 #51D864 #5181D8 #D851C4

square

#D8A851 #51D864 #5181D8 #D851C4

split-complementary

#D8A851 #51C4D8 #6451D8

monochromatic

#8F6720 #C18B2B #D8A851 #E3C183 #EEDAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#D8A851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A851

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A851	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c185',
    500: '#d8a851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a851;
$custom-light: #e8c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A851

secondary

#A8BBDD

accent

#7CE641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A851

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

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