#C8A256#C8A256

#C8A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A256
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 5.04, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 44.57, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0126 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.105 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4213, 38.7942, 14.2666)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A256 #567CC8

analogous

#C86956 #C8A256 #B5C856

triadic

#C8A256 #56C8A2 #A256C8

tetradic

#C8A256 #56C869 #567CC8 #C856B5

square

#C8A256 #56C869 #567CC8 #C856B5

split-complementary

#C8A256 #56B5C8 #6956C8

monochromatic

#7B6028 #AA8337 #C8A256 #D7BB84 #E6D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A256

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A256	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)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd88',
    500: '#c8a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a256;
$custom-light: #dbbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73122,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A256

secondary

#A5B5D4

accent

#7CDA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A256

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

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