#D8A957#D8A957

#D8A957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A957
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 8.13, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 48.86, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0207 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.114 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2295, 43.6659, 15.1137)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A957 #5786D8

analogous

#D86957 #D8A957 #C6D857

triadic

#D8A957 #57D8A9 #A957D8

tetradic

#D8A957 #57D869 #5786D8 #D857C6

square

#D8A957 #57D869 #5786D8 #D857C6

split-complementary

#D8A957 #57C6D8 #6957D8

monochromatic

#936A22 #C48D2E #D8A957 #E4C289 #EFDCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8A957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#D8A957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A957

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A957	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c289',
    500: '#d8a957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a957;
$custom-light: #e7c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A957

secondary

#ACBFDF

accent

#7EE542

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A957

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

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