#C8A259#C8A259

#C8A259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A259
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 5.28, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 43.15, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0137 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.102 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5447, 38.8435, 14.9166)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A259 #597FC8

analogous

#C86B59 #C8A259 #B7C859

triadic

#C8A259 #59C8A2 #A259C8

tetradic

#C8A259 #59C86B #597FC8 #C859B7

square

#C8A259 #59C86B #597FC8 #C859B7

split-complementary

#C8A259 #59B7C8 #6B59C8

monochromatic

#7D6029 #AB8439 #C8A259 #D7BC87 #E6D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C8A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A259

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A259	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd8a',
    500: '#c8a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a259;
$custom-light: #dbbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.459,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A259

secondary

#A8B7D5

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A259

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →