#D8B461#D8B461

#D8B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B461
RGB	rgb(216, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 3.05, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 46.79, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0071 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.11 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7999, 48.1070, 18.1275)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B461 #6185D8

analogous

#D87961 #D8B461 #C1D861

triadic

#D8B461 #61D8B4 #B461D8

tetradic

#D8B461 #61D879 #6185D8 #D861C1

square

#D8B461 #61D879 #6185D8 #D861C1

split-complementary

#D8B461 #61C1D8 #7961D8

monochromatic

#997626 #CA9C32 #D8B461 #E4CB92 #F0E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D8B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B461

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B461	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca90',
    500: '#d8b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b461;
$custom-light: #e7ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B461

secondary

#B4C2E1

accent

#51C81D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B461

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

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