#D8B261#D8B261

#D8B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B261
RGB	rgb(216, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, 4.11, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 46.26, 84.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0102 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.109 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3990, 47.3054, 17.9939)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B261 #6187D8

analogous

#D87761 #D8B261 #C3D861

triadic

#D8B261 #61D8B2 #B261D8

tetradic

#D8B261 #61D877 #6187D8 #D861C3

square

#D8B261 #61D877 #6187D8 #D861C3

split-complementary

#D8B261 #61C3D8 #7761D8

monochromatic

#997426 #CA9932 #D8B261 #E4CA92 #F0E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D8B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D8B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B261

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B261	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c890',
    500: '#d8b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b261;
$custom-light: #e7c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.84,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78074,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B261

secondary

#B4C2E1

accent

#54C81D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B261

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

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