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#d2af8d

a light, soft orange · warm · closest name: Tan

Token name suggestion: Linen Marmalade

RGB
210, 175, 141
HSL
30°, 43%, 69%
CMYK
0, 17, 33, 18
Luminance
0.4628

#d2af8d is a light soft orange, 30° on the wheel and 0/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.26:1). As text it scores 2.05:1 on white — use #996A3C instead. Nearest name is Tan, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(30 43% 69%)rgb(210 175 141)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d2af8d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d2af8d
Hue
30°
orange
Saturation
43%
soft
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4628
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
0/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.26:1
Closest name
Tan
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
23.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.776
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 16.8
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue30° of 360°
Saturation43%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d2af8d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool0% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red30%
Green66%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d2af8d
HEX (8-digit)#d2af8dff
RGBrgb(210, 175, 141)
RGBArgba(210, 175, 141, 1)
HSLhsl(30, 43%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 33%, 82%)
HWBhwb(30 55% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 33%, 18%)
LABlab(73.7 7.8 22.2)
LCHlch(73.7 23.5 70.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.776 0.062 65.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.72, 46.29, 31.67)
Decimal13807501
Display P3color(display-p3 0.824 0.686 0.553)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d2af8d;
background-color: #d2af8d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d2af8d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d2af8d] bg-[#d2af8d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d2af8d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.824, green: 0.686, blue: 0.553)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.824, green: 0.686, blue: 0.553, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D2AF8D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD2AF8D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD2AF8D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(141, 175, 210)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(210, 175, 141)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(210, 175, 141)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 210, 175, 141)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8235f, 0.6863f, 0.5529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{210,175,141}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d2af8d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d2af8d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B3F24, #EEE0D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d2af8d h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF7F5;
  --brand-100: #F5F0EB;
  --brand-200: #EBDED1;
  --brand-300: #DFC7AF;
  --brand-400: #d2af8d;
  --brand-500: #BF8E5E;
  --brand-600: #B07A45;
  --brand-700: #92653A;
  --brand-800: #75512E;
  --brand-900: #563D25;
  --brand-950: #362617;
  --brand: #d2af8d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #E8D6C4;
  --brand-hover: #C89D73;
  --brand-pressed: #BE8B5A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241C14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE0D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF7F5',
        100: '#F5F0EB',
        200: '#EBDED1',
        300: '#DFC7AF',
        400: '#d2af8d',
        500: '#BF8E5E',
        600: '#B07A45',
        700: '#92653A',
        800: '#75512E',
        900: '#563D25',
        950: '#362617',
        DEFAULT: '#d2af8d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF7F5,
  '100': #F5F0EB,
  '200': #EBDED1,
  '300': #DFC7AF,
  '400': #d2af8d,
  '500': #BF8E5E,
  '600': #B07A45,
  '700': #92653A,
  '800': #75512E,
  '900': #563D25,
  '950': #362617,
);
$brand-base: #d2af8d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF7F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F0EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBDED1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFC7AF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d2af8d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BF8E5E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B07A45", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#92653A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#75512E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#563D25", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#362617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d2af8d · 10.26:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.05:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.26:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d2af8d as text scores 2.05:1 on white and 10.26:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5B3F24 at 4.70:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#996A3C · 4.69:1
AA on white−27% L
#996A3C
The quick fox
#74512E · 7.10:1
AAA on white−37% L
#74512E
The quick fox
#d2af8d · 10.26:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d2af8d
The quick fox
#d2af8d · 10.26:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d2af8d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BC8956 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d2af8d on white: 2.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d2af8d on black: 10.26:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d2af8d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d2af8d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.05:1AaAa
Slate 501.96:1AaAa
Slate 1001.87:1AaAa
Slate 2001.66:1AaAa
Slate 3001.38:1AaAa
Slate 4001.25:1AaAa
Slate 5002.32:1AaAa
Slate 6003.70:1AaAa
Slate 7005.06:1AaAa
Slate 8007.15:1AaAa
Slate 9008.72:1AaAa
Black10.26:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BBB18B
deuteranopia · #C3B88E
tritanopia · #DEA7A6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d2af8d is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF7F5
#F5F0EB
#EBDED1
#DFC7AF
#d2af8d
#BF8E5E
#B07A45
#92653A
#75512E
#563D25
#362617
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF7F5Darkest = 950 · #362617Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.015 65.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 65.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.037 65.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.048 65.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.057 65.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.062 65.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.062 65.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.058 65.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.052 65.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.043 65.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.034 65.9);
}

Colors that work with #d2af8d

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#E8D6C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B724B
Captions on the surface
Accent#367F96
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B3F24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8F2ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Hover#C89D73
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BE8B5A
Two steps down
Disabled#EDE7E2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DFB995
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d2af8d

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5B3F24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BC8956

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight31/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#8DB0D2
Analogous left#D28D8D
Analogous right#D2D28D
Split-complement 1#8DD2D2
Split-complement 2#8D8DD2
Triadic 1#8DD2AF
Triadic 2#AF8DD2
Tetradic#8DD28D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°30°

#d2af8d sits at 30°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.4%
Green68.6%
Blue55.3%
R · 0–255
210
0xd2
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
141
0x8d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.7%
Yellow32.9%
Key (black)17.6%

Total ink coverage is 67%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d2af8d text on a black background

contrast 10.26:1

Card sample

#d2af8d text on a white background

contrast 2.05:1

Card sample

#d2af8d on grey

1.87:1

#d2af8d on its own surface

1.92:1

#d2af8d on its dark surface

8.20:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d2af8d;
Background color
Panel with #d2af8d background
background-color: #d2af8d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d2af8d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(210, 175, 141, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(210, 175, 141, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d2af8d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d2af8d, #C7D28D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d2af8d, #B6D28D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d2af8d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d2af8d;
caret-color: #d2af8d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d2af8d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8F2ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d2af8d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d2af8d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d2af8d over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(210, 175, 141, 0.5)
rgb(210 175 141 / 50%)
#d2af8d80
hsl(30 43% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d2af8d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d2af8d1a#FBF7F4
20%#d2af8d33#F6EFE8
40%#d2af8d66#EDDFD1
60%#d2af8d99#E4CFBB
80%#d2af8dcc#DBBFA4

Gradients from #d2af8d

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E3CEB9, #d2af8d 45%, #5B3F24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d2af8d, #B5C977);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d2af8d, #8DB0D2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECDDCF 0%, #d2af8d 45%, #5B3F24 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E0B1B6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6DBA3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B3F24 0%, transparent 65%), #d2af8d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d2af8d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d2af8d in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.26:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d2af8d, answered

What color is #d2af8d?

#d2af8d is a light soft orange, closest to Tan (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 30° on the hue wheel with 43% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d2af8d?

rgb(210, 175, 141) — 210 red, 175 green and 141 blue out of 255, or 82.4% / 68.6% / 55.3% by channel.

What is #d2af8d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(30, 43%, 69%) and hsv(30, 33%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d2af8d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4628 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 10.26:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d2af8d?

Black. It scores 10.26:1 against #d2af8d, versus 2.05:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d2af8d accessible on a white background?

#d2af8d on white scores 2.05:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #996A3C to reach 4.5:1, or #74512E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d2af8d?

#8DB0D2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8DD2D2 and #8D8DD2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d2af8d?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #E8D6C4 for borders, #9B724B for secondary text, #367F96 as an accent and #5B3F24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D28D8D and #D2D28D stays calm, while #8DB0D2 is the loudest partner.

What is #d2af8d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 17%, 33%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d2af8d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 0 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D9B99F; nudged cooler, #D4948B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d2af8d?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 16.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d2af8d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d2af8d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d2af8d] or text-[#d2af8d], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d2af8d with 50% opacity?

rgba(210, 175, 141, 0.5), or #d2af8d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E9D7C6; over black, #695847.

Is #d2af8d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 16.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d2af8d mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #d2af8d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E3CEB9, #d2af8d 45%, #5B3F24). For more colour, a short hue run to #B5C977 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d2af8d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d2af8d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.