#C8A16E#C8A16E

#C8A16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.082 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A16E
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 7.76, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 32.89, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0233 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.082 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3802, 38.8970, 20.1824)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A16E #6E95C8

analogous

#C8746E #C8A16E #C2C86E

triadic

#C8A16E #6EC8A1 #A16EC8

tetradic

#C8A16E #6EC874 #6E95C8 #C86EC2

square

#C8A16E #6EC874 #6E95C8 #C86EC2

split-complementary

#C8A16E #6EC2C8 #746EC8

monochromatic

#886334 #B48444 #C8A16E #D9BE9A #EADBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C8A16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A16E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A16E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.082 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc98',
    500: '#c8a16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a16e;
$custom-light: #dabc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A16E

secondary

#B8C7DA

accent

#69B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A16E

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

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