#D8A956#D8A956

#D8A956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A956
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 8.06, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 49.31, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0204 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.115 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1889, 43.6496, 14.9001)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A956 #5685D8

analogous

#D86856 #D8A956 #C6D856

triadic

#D8A956 #56D8A9 #A956D8

tetradic

#D8A956 #56D868 #5685D8 #D856C6

square

#D8A956 #56D868 #5685D8 #D856C6

split-complementary

#D8A956 #56C6D8 #6856D8

monochromatic

#926922 #C48D2D #D8A956 #E3C288 #EFDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8A956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#D8A956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A956

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A956	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c288',
    500: '#d8a956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a956;
$custom-light: #e7c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A956

secondary

#ABBEDE

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A956

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

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