#C8A166#C8A166

#C8A166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.089 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A166
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 6.97, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.70, 79.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0201 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.089 77)
XYZ	xyz(38.9641, 38.7306, 17.9912)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A166 #668DC8

analogous

#C87066 #C8A166 #BEC866

triadic

#C8A166 #66C8A1 #A166C8

tetradic

#C8A166 #66C870 #668DC8 #C866BE

square

#C8A166 #66C870 #668DC8 #C866BE

split-complementary

#C8A166 #66BEC8 #7066C8

monochromatic

#84622F #B18440 #C8A166 #D8BD93 #E8D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A166

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A166	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.089 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc92',
    500: '#c8a166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a166;
$custom-light: #dbbc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.122,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73154,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A166

secondary

#B2C1D8

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A166

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

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