#C8A15C#C8A15C

#C8A15C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A15C
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 6.07, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 41.49, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0163 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.099 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4978, 38.5440, 15.5351)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A15C #5C83C8

analogous

#C86B5C #C8A15C #B9C85C

triadic

#C8A15C #5CC8A1 #A15CC8

tetradic

#C8A15C #5CC86B #5C83C8 #C85CB9

square

#C8A15C #5CC86B #5C83C8 #C85CB9

split-complementary

#C8A15C #5CB9C8 #6B5CC8

monochromatic

#7F602B #AD833A #C8A15C #D7BB8A #E7D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C8A15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A15C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A15C	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8c',
    500: '#c8a15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a15c;
$custom-light: #dbbc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A15C

secondary

#AABAD6

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A15C

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

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