#D8B550#D8B550

#D8B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B550
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 1.29, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 54.82, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0001 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.126 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2930, 48.2285, 14.4585)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B550 #5073D8

analogous

#D87150 #D8B550 #B7D850

triadic

#D8B550 #50D8B5 #B550D8

tetradic

#D8B550 #50D871 #5073D8 #D850B7

square

#D8B550 #50D871 #5073D8 #D850B7

split-complementary

#D8B550 #50B7D8 #7150D8

monochromatic

#8E7220 #C09A2B #D8B550 #E3CA82 #EEDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D8B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D8B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B550

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B550	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca85',
    500: '#d8b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b550;
$custom-light: #e7ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78476,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B550

secondary

#A7B5DD

accent

#6CE741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B550

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

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