#C8A05E#C8A05E

#C8A05E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A05E
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 6.78, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 40.31, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0187 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.097 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4123, 38.2314, 15.9437)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A05E #5E86C8

analogous

#C86B5E #C8A05E #BBC85E

triadic

#C8A05E #5EC8A0 #A05EC8

tetradic

#C8A05E #5EC86B #5E86C8 #C85EBB

square

#C8A05E #5EC86B #5E86C8 #C85EBB

split-complementary

#C8A05E #5EBBC8 #6B5EC8

monochromatic

#80602C #AE823B #C8A05E #D8BB8C #E7D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C8A05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A05E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A05E	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8d',
    500: '#c8a05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a05e;
$custom-light: #dbbc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A05E

secondary

#ACBCD6

accent

#83D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A05E

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

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