#D8A978#D8A978

#D8A978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.085 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A978
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 44.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 11.02, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 33.70, 70.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.033 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.085 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8988, 44.3336, 23.9053)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A978 #78A7D8

analogous

#D87978 #D8A978 #D7D878

triadic

#D8A978 #78D8A9 #A978D8

tetradic

#D8A978 #78D879 #78A7D8 #D878D7

square

#D8A978 #78D879 #78A7D8 #D878D7

split-complementary

#D8A978 #78D7D8 #7978D8

monochromatic

#A66C30 #CA8B49 #D8A978 #E6C7A7 #F3E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D8A978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#D8A978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A978

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A978	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.085 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c29f',
    500: '#d8a978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a978;
$custom-light: #e6c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A978

secondary

#C6D6E6

accent

#71C323

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A978

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

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