#C8A16C#C8A16C

#C8A16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.084 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A16C
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 108)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 7.56, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 33.84, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0225 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.084 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2725, 38.8539, 19.6154)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A16C #6C93C8

analogous

#C8736C #C8A16C #C1C86C

triadic

#C8A16C #6CC8A1 #A16CC8

tetradic

#C8A16C #6CC873 #6C93C8 #C86CC1

square

#C8A16C #6CC873 #6C93C8 #C86CC1

split-complementary

#C8A16C #6CC1C8 #736CC8

monochromatic

#876333 #B48443 #C8A16C #D9BD99 #E9DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C8A16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A16C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A16C	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.084 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc97',
    500: '#c8a16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a16c;
$custom-light: #dbbc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.565,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.08364,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A16C

secondary

#B6C5D9

accent

#68B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A16C

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

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