#C8A165#C8A165

#C8A165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.090 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A165
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 6.87, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 37.18, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0198 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.09 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9148, 38.7109, 17.7316)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A165 #658CC8

analogous

#C87065 #C8A165 #BDC865

triadic

#C8A165 #65C8A1 #A165C8

tetradic

#C8A165 #65C870 #658CC8 #C865BD

square

#C8A165 #65C870 #658CC8 #C865BD

split-complementary

#C8A165 #65BDC8 #7065C8

monochromatic

#84622F #B1843F #C8A165 #D8BD92 #E8D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C8A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A165

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A165	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.090 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc92',
    500: '#c8a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a165;
$custom-light: #dbbc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A165

secondary

#B1C0D8

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A165

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

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