#C8A050#C8A050

#C8A050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A050
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 5.66, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 46.90, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0136 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.109 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8401, 38.0025, 12.9300)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A050 #5078C8

analogous

#C86450 #C8A050 #B4C850

triadic

#C8A050 #50C8A0 #A050C8

tetradic

#C8A050 #50C864 #5078C8 #C850B4

square

#C8A050 #50C864 #5078C8 #C850B4

split-complementary

#C8A050 #50B4C8 #6450C8

monochromatic

#785D26 #A68034 #C8A050 #D7B97F #E5D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C8A050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A050

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A050	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb84',
    500: '#c8a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a050;
$custom-light: #dcbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A050

secondary

#A1B1D3

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A050

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

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