#C8A252#C8A252

#C8A252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A252
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 4.73, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 46.44, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0112 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.108 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2646, 38.7315, 13.4415)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A252 #5278C8

analogous

#C86752 #C8A252 #B3C852

triadic

#C8A252 #52C8A2 #A252C8

tetradic

#C8A252 #52C867 #5278C8 #C852B3

square

#C8A252 #52C867 #5278C8 #C852B3

split-complementary

#C8A252 #52B3C8 #6752C8

monochromatic

#795E27 #A88335 #C8A252 #D7BB80 #E6D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A252

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A252	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)

#B3A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd85',
    500: '#c8a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a252;
$custom-light: #dcbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A252

secondary

#A2B2D4

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A252

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

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