#C8A159#C8A159

#C8A159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A159
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 5.82, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 42.92, 82.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0152 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.102 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3692, 38.4926, 14.8581)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A159 #5980C8

analogous

#C86A59 #C8A159 #B8C859

triadic

#C8A159 #59C8A1 #A159C8

tetradic

#C8A159 #59C86A #5980C8 #C859B8

square

#C8A159 #59C86A #5980C8 #C859B8

split-complementary

#C8A159 #59B8C8 #6A59C8

monochromatic

#7D6029 #AB8339 #C8A159 #D7BB87 #E6D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A159

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A159	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8a',
    500: '#c8a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a159;
$custom-light: #dbbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72961,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A159

secondary

#A8B8D5

accent

#7FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A159

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

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