#C8A057#C8A057

#C8A057 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A057
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 6.19, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 43.63, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0161 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.103 81)
XYZ	xyz(38.1123, 38.1114, 14.3638)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A057 #577FC8

analogous

#C86857 #C8A057 #B8C857

triadic

#C8A057 #57C8A0 #A057C8

tetradic

#C8A057 #57C868 #577FC8 #C857B8

square

#C8A057 #57C868 #577FC8 #C857B8

split-complementary

#C8A057 #57B8C8 #6857C8

monochromatic

#7C5E29 #AA8238 #C8A057 #D7BA85 #E6D4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C8A057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A057

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A057	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)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb88',
    500: '#c8a057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a057;
$custom-light: #dbbb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.761,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.38109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A057

secondary

#A6B7D5

accent

#7FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A057

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

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