#D8B561#D8B561

#D8B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.111 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B561
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 2.52, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 47.06, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0055 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.111 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0025, 48.5122, 18.1950)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B561 #6184D8

analogous

#D87A61 #D8B561 #C0D861

triadic

#D8B561 #61D8B5 #B561D8

tetradic

#D8B561 #61D87A #6184D8 #D861C0

square

#D8B561 #61D87A #6184D8 #D861C0

split-complementary

#D8B561 #61C0D8 #7A61D8

monochromatic

#997726 #CA9D32 #D8B561 #E4CC92 #F0E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D8B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#D8B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B561

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B561	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.111 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca90',
    500: '#d8b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b561;
$custom-light: #e7ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B561

secondary

#B4C1E1

accent

#50C81D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B561

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

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