#C8A257#C8A257

#C8A257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A257
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 5.11, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 44.10, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0129 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.104 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4618, 38.8104, 14.4803)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A257 #577DC8

analogous

#C86A57 #C8A257 #B6C857

triadic

#C8A257 #57C8A2 #A257C8

tetradic

#C8A257 #57C86A #577DC8 #C857B6

square

#C8A257 #57C86A #577DC8 #C857B6

split-complementary

#C8A257 #57B6C8 #6A57C8

monochromatic

#7C6029 #AA8438 #C8A257 #D7BC85 #E6D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A257

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A257	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd88',
    500: '#c8a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a257;
$custom-light: #dbbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.823,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A257

secondary

#A6B6D5

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A257

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

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