#C8A051#C8A051

#C8A051 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A051
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 5.73, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 46.44, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.014 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.108 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8773, 38.0174, 13.1260)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A051 #5179C8

analogous

#C86551 #C8A051 #B4C851

triadic

#C8A051 #51C8A0 #A051C8

tetradic

#C8A051 #51C865 #5179C8 #C851B4

square

#C8A051 #51C865 #5179C8 #C851B4

split-complementary

#C8A051 #51B4C8 #6551C8

monochromatic

#795D26 #A78135 #C8A051 #D7B980 #E5D3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C8A051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A051

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A051	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)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb84',
    500: '#c8a051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a051;
$custom-light: #dcbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A051

secondary

#A1B2D3

accent

#7CDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A051

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

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