#C8A157#C8A157

#C8A157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A157
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 5.65, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 43.86, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0145 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.103 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2864, 38.4595, 14.4218)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A157 #577EC8

analogous

#C86957 #C8A157 #B7C857

triadic

#C8A157 #57C8A1 #A157C8

tetradic

#C8A157 #57C869 #577EC8 #C857B7

square

#C8A157 #57C869 #577EC8 #C857B7

split-complementary

#C8A157 #57B7C8 #6957C8

monochromatic

#7C5F29 #AA8338 #C8A157 #D7BB85 #E6D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A157

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A157	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)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc88',
    500: '#c8a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a157;
$custom-light: #dbbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.292,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72934,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A157

secondary

#A6B6D5

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A157

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

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