#C8A251#C8A251

#C8A251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A251
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 4.65, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 46.91, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0108 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.109 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2268, 38.7164, 13.2425)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A251 #5177C8

analogous

#C86651 #C8A251 #B3C851

triadic

#C8A251 #51C8A2 #A251C8

tetradic

#C8A251 #51C866 #5177C8 #C851B3

square

#C8A251 #51C866 #5177C8 #C851B3

split-complementary

#C8A251 #51B3C8 #6651C8

monochromatic

#795E26 #A78335 #C8A251 #D7BB80 #E5D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C8A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A251

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A251	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)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd84',
    500: '#c8a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a251;
$custom-light: #dcbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.84,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A251

secondary

#A1B1D3

accent

#7ADB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A251

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

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