#D8A853#D8A853

#D8A853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A853
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 8.38, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 50.47, 80.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0209 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.117 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8853, 43.2316, 14.2150)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A853 #5383D8

analogous

#D86553 #D8A853 #C5D853

triadic

#D8A853 #53D8A8 #A853D8

tetradic

#D8A853 #53D865 #5383D8 #D853C5

square

#D8A853 #53D865 #5383D8 #D853C5

split-complementary

#D8A853 #53C5D8 #6553D8

monochromatic

#906821 #C28C2C #D8A853 #E3C185 #EFDAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#D8A853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A853

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A853	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c186',
    500: '#d8a853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a853;
$custom-light: #e7c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75925,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A853

secondary

#A9BCDE

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A853

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

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