#D8B970#D8B970

#D8B970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.099 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B970
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 48.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 1.72, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 41.02, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0049 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.099 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5942, 50.4690, 22.5079)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B970 #708FD8

analogous

#D88570 #D8B970 #C3D870

triadic

#D8B970 #70D8B9 #B970D8

tetradic

#D8B970 #70D885 #708FD8 #D870C3

square

#D8B970 #70D885 #708FD8 #D870C3

split-complementary

#D8B970 #70C3D8 #8570D8

monochromatic

#A27F2C #CBA140 #D8B970 #E5D1A0 #F2E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D8B970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#D8B970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B970

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B970	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.099 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd9a',
    500: '#d8b970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b970;
$custom-light: #e6cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.115,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B970

secondary

#4763A5

accent

#52C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFAF5

border

#D5D3CF

text

#16130E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B970

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

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