#D8B249#D8B249

#D8B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.129 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B249
RGB	rgb(216, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 2.44, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 57.07, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0023 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.129 89)
XYZ	xyz(45.4443, 46.9235, 12.9656)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B249 #496FD8

analogous

#D86B49 #D8B249 #B7D849

triadic

#D8B249 #49D8B2 #B249D8

tetradic

#D8B249 #49D86B #496FD8 #D849B7

square

#D8B249 #49D86B #496FD8 #D849B7

split-complementary

#D8B249 #49B7D8 #6B49D8

monochromatic

#896D1D #BC9428 #D8B249 #E3C77B #EEDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D8B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#D8B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B249

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B249	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.129 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c880',
    500: '#d8b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b249;
$custom-light: #e8c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.46921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B249

secondary

#A1B1DC

accent

#6DE840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B249

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

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