#C8A153#C8A153

#C8A153 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A153
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 5.34, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 45.74, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0131 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.107 83)
XYZ	xyz(38.1275, 38.3959, 13.5849)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A153 #537AC8

analogous

#C86653 #C8A153 #B4C853

triadic

#C8A153 #53C8A1 #A153C8

tetradic

#C8A153 #53C866 #537AC8 #C853B4

square

#C8A153 #53C866 #537AC8 #C853B4

split-complementary

#C8A153 #53B4C8 #6653C8

monochromatic

#7A5E27 #A88236 #C8A153 #D7BA81 #E6D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C8A153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A153

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A153	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)

#B2A14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc86',
    500: '#c8a153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a153;
$custom-light: #dcbc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.38394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A153

secondary

#A3B3D4

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A153

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

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