#D8A962#D8A962

#D8A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A962
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 8.98, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 43.81, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0246 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.105 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7136, 43.8595, 17.6635)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A962 #6291D8

analogous

#D86E62 #D8A962 #CCD862

triadic

#D8A962 #62D8A9 #A962D8

tetradic

#D8A962 #62D86E #6291D8 #D862CC

square

#D8A962 #62D86E #6291D8 #D862CC

split-complementary

#D8A962 #62CCD8 #6E62D8

monochromatic

#996C26 #CA8E32 #D8A962 #E4C493 #F0DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D8A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#D8A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A962

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A962	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c290',
    500: '#d8a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a962;
$custom-light: #e7c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.102,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A962

secondary

#B5C6E1

accent

#61C81E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120D

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A962

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

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