#D8B162#D8B162

#D8B162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B162
RGB	rgb(216, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 4.72, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 45.54, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0121 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.108 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2477, 46.9277, 18.1749)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B162 #6289D8

analogous

#D87662 #D8B162 #C4D862

triadic

#D8B162 #62D8B1 #B162D8

tetradic

#D8B162 #62D876 #6289D8 #D862C4

square

#D8B162 #62D876 #6289D8 #D862C4

split-complementary

#D8B162 #62C4D8 #7662D8

monochromatic

#997326 #CA9832 #D8B162 #E4C993 #F0E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D8B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#D8B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B162

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B162	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c890',
    500: '#d8b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b162;
$custom-light: #e7c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B162

secondary

#B5C3E1

accent

#56C81E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B162

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

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