#C8A254#C8A254

#C8A254 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A254
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 84)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 4.88, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 45.51, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0119 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.107 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3418, 38.7624, 13.8482)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A254 #547AC8

analogous

#C86854 #C8A254 #B4C854

triadic

#C8A254 #54C8A2 #A254C8

tetradic

#C8A254 #54C868 #547AC8 #C854B4

square

#C8A254 #54C868 #547AC8 #C854B4

split-complementary

#C8A254 #54B4C8 #6854C8

monochromatic

#7A5F27 #A98336 #C8A254 #D7BB82 #E6D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A254

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A254	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)

#B3A24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd86',
    500: '#c8a254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a254;
$custom-light: #dcbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73097,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A254

secondary

#A4B4D4

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A254

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

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