#D8A997#D8A997

#D8A997 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.061 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8A997
RGB	rgb(216, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 30.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 14.68, 15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 21.63, 47.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0455 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.061 42)
XYZ	xyz(48.0938, 45.2116, 35.4656)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8A997 #97C6D8

analogous

#D897A6 #D8A997 #D8CA97

triadic

#D8A997 #97D8A9 #A997D8

tetradic

#D8A997 #A6D897 #97C6D8 #CA97D8

square

#D8A997 #A6D897 #97C6D8 #CA97D8

split-complementary

#D8A997 #97D8CA #97A6D8

monochromatic

#B26143 #C7846A #D8A997 #E9CEC4 #F7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D8A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#D8A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8A997

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8A997	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.061 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c2b5',
    500: '#d8a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8a997;
$custom-light: #e5c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.615,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77305,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.45209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8A997

secondary

#DDE9EE

accent

#92B92D

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FCF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8A997

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

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