#D8A855#D8A855

#D8A855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A855
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 8.52, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 49.57, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0216 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.115 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9636, 43.2630, 14.6276)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A855 #5585D8

analogous

#D86755 #D8A855 #C7D855

triadic

#D8A855 #55D8A8 #A855D8

tetradic

#D8A855 #55D867 #5585D8 #D855C7

square

#D8A855 #55D867 #5585D8 #D855C7

split-complementary

#D8A855 #55C7D8 #6755D8

monochromatic

#916821 #C38C2D #D8A855 #E3C187 #EFDBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#D8A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#D8A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A855

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A855	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)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c187',
    500: '#d8a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a855;
$custom-light: #e7c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A855

secondary

#ABBEDE

accent

#7EE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A855

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

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