#C8A255#C8A255

#C8A255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A255
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 4.96, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 45.04, 83.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0122 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.106 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3813, 38.7782, 14.0559)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A255 #557BC8

analogous

#C86855 #C8A255 #B4C855

triadic

#C8A255 #55C8A2 #A255C8

tetradic

#C8A255 #55C868 #557BC8 #C855B4

square

#C8A255 #55C868 #557BC8 #C855B4

split-complementary

#C8A255 #55B4C8 #6855C8

monochromatic

#7B5F28 #A98337 #C8A255 #D7BB83 #E6D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A255

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A255	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd87',
    500: '#c8a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a255;
$custom-light: #dcbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A255

secondary

#A5B4D4

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A255

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

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