#C8A16D#C8A16D

#C8A16D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.083 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A16D
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 109)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 7.66, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.36, 76.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0229 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.083 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3261, 38.8753, 19.8973)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A16D #6D94C8

analogous

#C8736D #C8A16D #C1C86D

triadic

#C8A16D #6DC8A1 #A16DC8

tetradic

#C8A16D #6DC873 #6D94C8 #C86DC1

square

#C8A16D #6DC873 #6D94C8 #C86DC1

split-complementary

#C8A16D #6DC1C8 #736DC8

monochromatic

#886333 #B48444 #C8A16D #D9BE99 #E9DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C8A16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A16D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A16D	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)

#B0A269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.083 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc97',
    500: '#c8a16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a16d;
$custom-light: #dabc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A16D

secondary

#B7C6DA

accent

#69B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A16D

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

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