#D8AC51#D8AC51

#D8AC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AC51
RGB	rgb(216, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 6.12, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 52.18, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.014 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.12 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5590, 44.7009, 14.0642)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AC51 #517DD8

analogous

#D86851 #D8AC51 #C1D851

triadic

#D8AC51 #51D8AC #AC51D8

tetradic

#D8AC51 #51D868 #517DD8 #D851C1

square

#D8AC51 #51D868 #517DD8 #D851C1

split-complementary

#D8AC51 #51C1D8 #6851D8

monochromatic

#8F6B20 #C1902B #D8AC51 #E3C483 #EEDCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D8AC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#D8AC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AC51

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AC51	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c485',
    500: '#d8ac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ac51;
$custom-light: #e7c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76689,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AC51

secondary

#A8B9DD

accent

#77E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AC51

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

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