#D8AE57#D8AE57

#D8AE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8AE57
RGB	rgb(216, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 5.47, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 49.93, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0129 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.116 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1775, 45.5619, 15.4298)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8AE57 #5781D8

analogous

#D86E57 #D8AE57 #C2D857

triadic

#D8AE57 #57D8AE #AE57D8

tetradic

#D8AE57 #57D86E #5781D8 #D857C2

square

#D8AE57 #57D86E #5781D8 #D857C2

split-complementary

#D8AE57 #57C2D8 #6E57D8

monochromatic

#936E22 #C4932E #D8AE57 #E4C689 #EFDEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D8AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#D8AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8AE57

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8AE57	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c589',
    500: '#d8ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ae57;
$custom-light: #e7c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8AE57

secondary

#ACBDDF

accent

#77E542

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8AE57

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

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