#D8A859#D8A859

#D8A859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A859
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 8.81, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 47.76, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0229 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.112 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1270, 43.3283, 15.4883)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A859 #5989D8

analogous

#D86959 #D8A859 #C8D859

triadic

#D8A859 #59D8A8 #A859D8

tetradic

#D8A859 #59D869 #5989D8 #D859C8

square

#D8A859 #59D869 #5989D8 #D859C8

split-complementary

#D8A859 #59C8D8 #6959D8

monochromatic

#946923 #C58C2E #D8A859 #E4C28B #EFDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D8A859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#D8A859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A859

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A859	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)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c18a',
    500: '#d8a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a859;
$custom-light: #e7c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.323,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A859

secondary

#AEC0DF

accent

#80E543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A859

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

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