#C8A052#C8A052

#C8A052 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A052
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 5.81, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 45.98, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0143 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.107 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9151, 38.0325, 13.3250)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A052 #527AC8

analogous

#C86552 #C8A052 #B5C852

triadic

#C8A052 #52C8A0 #A052C8

tetradic

#C8A052 #52C865 #527AC8 #C852B5

square

#C8A052 #52C865 #527AC8 #C852B5

split-complementary

#C8A052 #52B5C8 #6552C8

monochromatic

#795D27 #A88135 #C8A052 #D7B980 #E6D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A052

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A052	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb85',
    500: '#c8a052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a052;
$custom-light: #dcbb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7267,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A052

secondary

#A2B3D4

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A052

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

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