#C8A065#C8A065

#C8A065 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.090 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A065
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 7.41, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 36.98, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0213 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.09 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7408, 38.3628, 17.6736)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A065 #658DC8

analogous

#C86F65 #C8A065 #BEC865

triadic

#C8A065 #65C8A0 #A065C8

tetradic

#C8A065 #65C86F #658DC8 #C865BE

square

#C8A065 #65C86F #658DC8 #C865BE

split-complementary

#C8A065 #65BEC8 #6F65C8

monochromatic

#84612F #B1833F #C8A065 #D8BC92 #E8D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A065 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C8A065 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A065

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A065	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A065	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a065;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.090 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc92',
    500: '#c8a065',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a065;
$custom-light: #dbbc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a065",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.758,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A065

secondary

#B1C1D8

accent

#87D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A065

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

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