#C8A063#C8A063

#C8A063 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.092 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A063
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 7.23, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 37.93, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0206 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.092 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6440, 38.3240, 17.1638)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A063 #638BC8

analogous

#C86D63 #C8A063 #BDC863

triadic

#C8A063 #63C8A0 #A063C8

tetradic

#C8A063 #63C86D #638BC8 #C863BD

square

#C8A063 #63C86D #638BC8 #C863BD

split-complementary

#C8A063 #63BDC8 #6D63C8

monochromatic

#83612E #B0833E #C8A063 #D8BC90 #E8D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A063

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A063	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.092 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc90',
    500: '#c8a063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a063;
$custom-light: #dbbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A063

secondary

#AFBFD7

accent

#86D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A063

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

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