#D8A861#D8A861

#D8A861 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.105 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A861
RGB	rgb(216, 168, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 9.43, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 44.09, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0258 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.105 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4814, 43.4701, 17.3546)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A861 #6191D8

analogous

#D86D61 #D8A861 #CDD861

triadic

#D8A861 #61D8A8 #A861D8

tetradic

#D8A861 #61D86D #6191D8 #D861CD

square

#D8A861 #61D86D #6191D8 #D861CD

split-complementary

#D8A861 #61CDD8 #6D61D8

monochromatic

#996A26 #CA8D32 #D8A861 #E4C392 #F0DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D8A861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#D8A861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A861

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A861	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 168, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.105 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c18f',
    500: '#d8a861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a861;
$custom-light: #e7c18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A861

secondary

#B4C6E1

accent

#62C81D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A861

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

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