#C8A059#C8A059

#C8A059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A059
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 6.36, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 42.69, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0168 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.101 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1952, 38.1445, 14.8001)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A059 #5981C8

analogous

#C86959 #C8A059 #B9C859

triadic

#C8A059 #59C8A0 #A059C8

tetradic

#C8A059 #59C869 #5981C8 #C859B9

square

#C8A059 #59C869 #5981C8 #C859B9

split-complementary

#C8A059 #59B9C8 #6959C8

monochromatic

#7D5F29 #AB8239 #C8A059 #D7BA87 #E6D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C8A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A059

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A059	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb89',
    500: '#c8a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a059;
$custom-light: #dbbb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.378,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A059

secondary

#A8B8D5

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A059

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

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