#D8B356#D8B356

#D8B356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.119 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B356
RGB	rgb(216, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 2.75, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 51.61, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% 0.0049 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.119 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1209, 47.5136, 15.5441)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B356 #567BD8

analogous

#D87256 #D8B356 #BCD856

triadic

#D8B356 #56D8B3 #B356D8

tetradic

#D8B356 #56D872 #567BD8 #D856BC

square

#D8B356 #56D872 #567BD8 #D856BC

split-complementary

#D8B356 #56BCD8 #7256D8

monochromatic

#927222 #C4992D #D8B356 #E3C988 #EFE0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D8B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#D8B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B356

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B356	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.119 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c989',
    500: '#d8b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b356;
$custom-light: #e7c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B356

secondary

#ABBADE

accent

#71E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B356

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

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