#D8A959#D8A959

#D8A959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A959
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 8.28, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 47.95, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0214 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.112 79)
XYZ	xyz(44.3123, 43.6990, 15.5501)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A959 #5988D8

analogous

#D86959 #D8A959 #C8D859

triadic

#D8A959 #59D8A9 #A959D8

tetradic

#D8A959 #59D869 #5988D8 #D859C8

square

#D8A959 #59D869 #5988D8 #D859C8

split-complementary

#D8A959 #59C8D8 #6959D8

monochromatic

#946A23 #C58E2E #D8A959 #E4C38B #EFDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D8A959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D8A959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A959

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A959	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c28a',
    500: '#d8a959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a959;
$custom-light: #e7c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A959

secondary

#AEC0DF

accent

#7FE543

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A959

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

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