#C8A053#C8A053

#C8A053 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A053
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 5.88, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 45.51, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0147 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.107 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9534, 38.0478, 13.5268)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A053 #537BC8

analogous

#C86553 #C8A053 #B6C853

triadic

#C8A053 #53C8A0 #A053C8

tetradic

#C8A053 #53C865 #537BC8 #C853B6

square

#C8A053 #53C865 #537BC8 #C853B6

split-complementary

#C8A053 #53B6C8 #6553C8

monochromatic

#7A5D27 #A88136 #C8A053 #D7BA81 #E6D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A053

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A053	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)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb85',
    500: '#c8a053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a053;
$custom-light: #dcbb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.487,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A053

secondary

#A3B4D4

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A053

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

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