#D8B551#D8B551

#D8B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B551
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 1.35, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 54.38, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0002 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.125 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3302, 48.2433, 14.6546)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B551 #5174D8

analogous

#D87151 #D8B551 #B8D851

triadic

#D8B551 #51D8B5 #B551D8

tetradic

#D8B551 #51D871 #5174D8 #D851B8

square

#D8B551 #51D871 #5174D8 #D851B8

split-complementary

#D8B551 #51B8D8 #7151D8

monochromatic

#8F7220 #C19A2B #D8B551 #E3CA83 #EEE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D8B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D8B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B551

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B551	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)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca86',
    500: '#d8b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b551;
$custom-light: #e7ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B551

secondary

#A8B5DD

accent

#6CE641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B551

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

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