#C8A156#C8A156

#C8A156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A156
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 5.57, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 44.33, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0142 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.104 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2458, 38.4433, 14.2081)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A156 #567DC8

analogous

#C86856 #C8A156 #B6C856

triadic

#C8A156 #56C8A1 #A156C8

tetradic

#C8A156 #56C868 #567DC8 #C856B6

square

#C8A156 #56C868 #567DC8 #C856B6

split-complementary

#C8A156 #56B6C8 #6856C8

monochromatic

#7B5F28 #AA8237 #C8A156 #D7BB84 #E6D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A156

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A156	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc88',
    500: '#c8a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a156;
$custom-light: #dbbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A156

secondary

#A5B5D4

accent

#7EDA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A156

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

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