#D8AE51#D8AE51

#D8AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE51
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 5.05, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 52.63, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0109 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.121 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9425, 45.4679, 14.1920)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE51 #517BD8

analogous

#D86A51 #D8AE51 #BFD851

triadic

#D8AE51 #51D8AE #AE51D8

tetradic

#D8AE51 #51D86A #517BD8 #D851BF

square

#D8AE51 #51D86A #517BD8 #D851BF

split-complementary

#D8AE51 #51BFD8 #6A51D8

monochromatic

#8F6C20 #C1922B #D8AE51 #E3C583 #EEDDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D8AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#D8AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE51

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE51	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c585',
    500: '#d8ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae51;
$custom-light: #e7c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77086,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE51

secondary

#A8B8DD

accent

#75E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE51

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

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