#C8A253#C8A253

#C8A253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A253
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 4.80, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 45.98, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0115 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.107 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3029, 38.7468, 13.6434)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A253 #5379C8

analogous

#C86753 #C8A253 #B3C853

triadic

#C8A253 #53C8A2 #A253C8

tetradic

#C8A253 #53C867 #5379C8 #C853B3

square

#C8A253 #53C867 #5379C8 #C853B3

split-complementary

#C8A253 #53B3C8 #6753C8

monochromatic

#7A5F27 #A88336 #C8A253 #D7BB81 #E6D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A253

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A253	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)

#B3A14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd86',
    500: '#c8a253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a253;
$custom-light: #dcbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.513,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A253

secondary

#A3B3D4

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A253

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

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