#C8A055#C8A055

#C8A055 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A055
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 6.04, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 44.57, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0154 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.105 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0318, 38.0792, 13.9394)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A055 #557DC8

analogous

#C86655 #C8A055 #B7C855

triadic

#C8A055 #55C8A0 #A055C8

tetradic

#C8A055 #55C866 #557DC8 #C855B7

square

#C8A055 #55C866 #557DC8 #C855B7

split-complementary

#C8A055 #55B7C8 #6655C8

monochromatic

#7B5E28 #A98137 #C8A055 #D7BA83 #E6D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C8A055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A055

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A055	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb87',
    500: '#c8a055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a055;
$custom-light: #dcbb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A055

secondary

#A5B5D4

accent

#7EDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A055

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

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