#D8AB51#D8AB51

#D8AB51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.120 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AB51
RGB	rgb(216, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 6.65, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 51.97, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0156 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.12 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3694, 44.3217, 14.0010)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AB51 #517ED8

analogous

#D86751 #D8AB51 #C1D851

triadic

#D8AB51 #51D8AB #AB51D8

tetradic

#D8AB51 #51D867 #517ED8 #D851C1

square

#D8AB51 #51D867 #517ED8 #D851C1

split-complementary

#D8AB51 #51C1D8 #6751D8

monochromatic

#8F6A20 #C18F2B #D8AB51 #E3C383 #EEDBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D8AB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#D8AB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AB51

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AB51	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.120 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c385',
    500: '#d8ab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ab51;
$custom-light: #e8c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AB51

secondary

#A8B9DD

accent

#78E641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AB51

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

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