#C8A160#C8A160

#C8A160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.095 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A160
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 6.41, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 39.58, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0178 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.095 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6773, 38.6158, 16.4805)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A160 #6087C8

analogous

#C86D60 #C8A160 #BBC860

triadic

#C8A160 #60C8A1 #A160C8

tetradic

#C8A160 #60C86D #6087C8 #C860BB

square

#C8A160 #60C86D #6087C8 #C860BB

split-complementary

#C8A160 #60BBC8 #6D60C8

monochromatic

#81612D #AE843C #C8A160 #D8BC8D #E7D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C8A160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A160

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A160	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)

#B1A15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.095 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8e',
    500: '#c8a160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a160;
$custom-light: #dbbc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A160

secondary

#ADBDD7

accent

#83D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A160

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

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