#D8B44E#D8B44E
#D8B44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D8B44E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(216, 180, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 64%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 64%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 63.9%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.69, 1.69, 55.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.69, 55.43, 88.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.26% 0.0008 0.1266) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.26% 0.127 89.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0176, 47.7941, 14.0076) |
| Luminance | 0.4779 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.53
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 4.26
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.15
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.18
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.63
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D8B44E #4E72D8
analogous
#D86F4E #D8B44E #B7D84E
triadic
#D8B44E #4ED8B4 #B44ED8
tetradic
#D8B44E #4ED86F #4E72D8 #D84EB7
square
#D8B44E #4ED86F #4E72D8 #D84EB7
split-complementary
#D8B44E #4EB7D8 #6F4ED8
monochromatic
#8D701F #BF982A #D8B44E #E3C980 #EEDFB2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#D8B44E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.56
#D8B44E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D8B44E
10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D8B44E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D8B44E | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.56 | 10.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B243
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9A69E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d8b44e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 89.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e7ca84',
500: '#d8b44e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d8b44e; $custom-light: #e7ca84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d8b44e",
"rgb": {
"r": 216,
"g": 180,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.348,
"s": 63.889,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78255,
"c": 0.12656,
"h": 89.6
},
"luminance": 0.47792
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D8B44E
secondary
#A5B4DD
accent
#6CE741
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FDF8EF
border
#D5D1CA
text
#16130B
muted
#84827C