#C8A151#C8A151

#C8A151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A151
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 5.19, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 46.67, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0124 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.109 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0514, 38.3655, 13.1841)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A151 #5178C8

analogous

#C86551 #C8A151 #B4C851

triadic

#C8A151 #51C8A1 #A151C8

tetradic

#C8A151 #51C865 #5178C8 #C851B4

square

#C8A151 #51C865 #5178C8 #C851B4

split-complementary

#C8A151 #51B4C8 #6551C8

monochromatic

#795D26 #A78235 #C8A151 #D7BA80 #E5D3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C8A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A151

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A151	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)

#B2A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc84',
    500: '#c8a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a151;
$custom-light: #dcbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A151

secondary

#A1B2D3

accent

#7BDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A151

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

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