#D8A951#D8A951

#D8A951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A951
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 7.72, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 51.56, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0187 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.119 81)
XYZ	xyz(43.9945, 43.5718, 13.8760)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A951 #5180D8

analogous

#D86551 #D8A951 #C3D851

triadic

#D8A951 #51D8A9 #A951D8

tetradic

#D8A951 #51D865 #5180D8 #D851C3

square

#D8A951 #51D865 #5180D8 #D851C3

split-complementary

#D8A951 #51C3D8 #6551D8

monochromatic

#8F6820 #C18D2B #D8A951 #E3C283 #EEDAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#D8A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A951

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A951	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c285',
    500: '#d8a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a951;
$custom-light: #e8c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76098,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.43569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A951

secondary

#A8BADD

accent

#7BE641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A951

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

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