#C8A258#C8A258

#C8A258 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A258
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 5.19, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 43.62, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0133 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.103 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5030, 38.8268, 14.6969)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A258 #587EC8

analogous

#C86A58 #C8A258 #B6C858

triadic

#C8A258 #58C8A2 #A258C8

tetradic

#C8A258 #58C86A #587EC8 #C858B6

square

#C8A258 #58C86A #587EC8 #C858B6

split-complementary

#C8A258 #58B6C8 #6A58C8

monochromatic

#7D6029 #AB8438 #C8A258 #D7BC86 #E6D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A258

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A258	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)

#B3A251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd89',
    500: '#c8a258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a258;
$custom-light: #dbbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A258

secondary

#A7B7D5

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A258

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

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