#D8A856#D8A856

#D8A856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A856
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 8.59, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 49.12, 79.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0219 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.115 79)
XYZ	xyz(44.0036, 43.2790, 14.8383)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A856 #5686D8

analogous

#D86756 #D8A856 #C7D856

triadic

#D8A856 #56D8A8 #A856D8

tetradic

#D8A856 #56D867 #5686D8 #D856C7

square

#D8A856 #56D867 #5686D8 #D856C7

split-complementary

#D8A856 #56C7D8 #6756D8

monochromatic

#926822 #C48C2D #D8A856 #E3C288 #EFDBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D8A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#D8A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A856

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A856	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c188',
    500: '#d8a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a856;
$custom-light: #e7c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.43276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A856

secondary

#ABBEDE

accent

#7FE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A856

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

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