#C8A162#C8A162

#C8A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A162
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 6.59, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 38.62, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0186 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.093 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7705, 38.6531, 16.9716)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A162 #6289C8

analogous

#C86E62 #C8A162 #BCC862

triadic

#C8A162 #62C8A1 #A162C8

tetradic

#C8A162 #62C86E #6289C8 #C862BC

square

#C8A162 #62C86E #6289C8 #C862BC

split-complementary

#C8A162 #62BCC8 #6E62C8

monochromatic

#82622E #AF843D #C8A162 #D8BC8F #E8D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A162

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A162	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)

#B1A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc90',
    500: '#c8a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a162;
$custom-light: #dbbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A162

secondary

#AFBED7

accent

#84D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A162

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

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