#C8A15E#C8A15E

#C8A15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.097 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A15E
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 6.24, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 40.53, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0171 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.097 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5864, 38.5795, 16.0017)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A15E #5E85C8

analogous

#C86C5E #C8A15E #BAC85E

triadic

#C8A15E #5EC8A1 #A15EC8

tetradic

#C8A15E #5EC86C #5E85C8 #C85EBA

square

#C8A15E #5EC86C #5E85C8 #C85EBA

split-complementary

#C8A15E #5EBAC8 #6C5EC8

monochromatic

#80612C #AE833B #C8A15E #D8BC8C #E7D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C8A15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A15E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A15E	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.097 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8d',
    500: '#c8a15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a15e;
$custom-light: #dbbc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A15E

secondary

#ACBBD6

accent

#82D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A15E

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

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