#D8B359#D8B359

#D8B359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B359
RGB	rgb(216, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 2.96, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 50.24, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% 0.0059 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.117 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2443, 47.5630, 16.1941)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B359 #597ED8

analogous

#D87459 #D8B359 #BDD859

triadic

#D8B359 #59D8B3 #B359D8

tetradic

#D8B359 #59D874 #597ED8 #D859BD

square

#D8B359 #59D874 #597ED8 #D859BD

split-complementary

#D8B359 #59BDD8 #7459D8

monochromatic

#947323 #C5992E #D8B359 #E4CA8B #EFE0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D8B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#D8B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B359

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B359	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c98b',
    500: '#d8b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b359;
$custom-light: #e7c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78174,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B359

secondary

#AEBCDF

accent

#72E543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B359

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

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