#D8A979#D8A979

#D8A979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.084 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A979
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 11.13, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 33.25, 70.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0334 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.084 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9598, 44.3580, 24.2266)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A979 #79A8D8

analogous

#D87979 #D8A979 #D7D879

triadic

#D8A979 #79D8A9 #A979D8

tetradic

#D8A979 #79D879 #79A8D8 #D879D7

square

#D8A979 #79D879 #79A8D8 #D879D7

split-complementary

#D8A979 #79D7D8 #7979D8

monochromatic

#A66C30 #CA8B4A #D8A979 #E6C7A8 #F4E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D8A979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#D8A979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A979

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A979	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)

#B9AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.084 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c2a0',
    500: '#d8a979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a979;
$custom-light: #e6c2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.316,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7668,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A979

secondary

#C7D6E6

accent

#72C223

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A979

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

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