#C8A161#C8A161

#C8A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A161
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 6.50, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 39.10, 80.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0182 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.094 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7236, 38.6344, 16.7245)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A161 #6188C8

analogous

#C86D61 #C8A161 #BBC861

triadic

#C8A161 #61C8A1 #A161C8

tetradic

#C8A161 #61C86D #6188C8 #C861BB

square

#C8A161 #61C86D #6188C8 #C861BB

split-complementary

#C8A161 #61BBC8 #6D61C8

monochromatic

#82622D #AF843D #C8A161 #D8BC8E #E8D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A161

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A161	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc8f',
    500: '#c8a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a161;
$custom-light: #dbbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.282,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A161

secondary

#AEBDD7

accent

#83D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A161

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

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