#C8A061#C8A061

#C8A061 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.094 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A061
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 7.04, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 38.88, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0198 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.094 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5496, 38.2863, 16.6665)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A061 #6189C8

analogous

#C86C61 #C8A061 #BCC861

triadic

#C8A061 #61C8A0 #A061C8

tetradic

#C8A061 #61C86C #6189C8 #C861BC

square

#C8A061 #61C86C #6189C8 #C861BC

split-complementary

#C8A061 #61BCC8 #6C61C8

monochromatic

#82612D #AF833D #C8A061 #D8BB8E #E8D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A061

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A061	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.094 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8f',
    500: '#c8a061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a061;
$custom-light: #dbbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72876,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A061

secondary

#AEBED7

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A061

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

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