#D9B596 — Light Amber

#D9B596 is a light amber in the Amber family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light sand, and it is also commonly known as Sand, Wheat. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#D9B596 color swatch, light amber#D9B596
CSS Nametan (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f8f5f2
100#efe9e4
200#e3d7cc
300#d1bcaa
400#ba9c81
500#a78364
600#947254
700#7c5d42
800#684d36
900#59412c
950#352618

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.91:1
Contrast on black
11.00:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.004 62.5); /* #f8f5f2 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.009 62.5); /* #efe9e4 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.019 62.5); /* #e3d7cc */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.035 62.5); /* #d1bcaa */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.052 62.5); /* #ba9c81 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.062 62.5); /* #a78364 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.061 62.5); /* #947254 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.057 62.5); /* #7c5d42 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.051 62.5); /* #684d36 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.046 62.5); /* #59412c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.032 62.5); /* #352618 */
}

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