#D8A960#D8A960

#D8A960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.106 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A960
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 55.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 8.82, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 44.73, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0239 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.107 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6204, 43.8222, 17.1724)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A960 #608FD8

analogous

#D86D60 #D8A960 #CBD860

triadic

#D8A960 #60D8A9 #A960D8

tetradic

#D8A960 #60D86D #608FD8 #D860CB

square

#D8A960 #60D86D #608FD8 #D860CB

split-complementary

#D8A960 #60CBD8 #6D60D8

monochromatic

#986B25 #C98E31 #D8A960 #E4C491 #F0DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D8A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#D8A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A960

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A960	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.106 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c28f',
    500: '#d8a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a960;
$custom-light: #e7c28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76284,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A960

secondary

#B3C5E0

accent

#60C81D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A960

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

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