#C8A152#C8A152

#C8A152 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.108 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A152
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 5.27, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 46.21, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0127 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.108 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0892, 38.3806, 13.3830)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A152 #5279C8

analogous

#C86652 #C8A152 #B4C852

triadic

#C8A152 #52C8A1 #A152C8

tetradic

#C8A152 #52C866 #5279C8 #C852B4

square

#C8A152 #52C866 #5279C8 #C852B4

split-complementary

#C8A152 #52B4C8 #6652C8

monochromatic

#795E27 #A88235 #C8A152 #D7BA80 #E6D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C8A152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A152

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A152	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.108 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc85',
    500: '#c8a152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a152;
$custom-light: #dcbc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A152

secondary

#A2B3D4

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A152

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

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