#D8B459#D8B459

#D8B459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B459
RGB	rgb(216, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, 2.43, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 50.50, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0043 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.117 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4455, 47.9653, 16.2611)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B459 #597DD8

analogous

#D87559 #D8B459 #BDD859

triadic

#D8B459 #59D8B4 #B459D8

tetradic

#D8B459 #59D875 #597DD8 #D859BD

square

#D8B459 #59D875 #597DD8 #D859BD

split-complementary

#D8B459 #59BDD8 #7559D8

monochromatic

#947423 #C59B2E #D8B459 #E4CA8B #EFE1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#D8B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B459

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B459	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca8b',
    500: '#d8b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b459;
$custom-light: #e7ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B459

secondary

#AEBCDF

accent

#71E543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B459

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

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