#C8A25E#C8A25E

#C8A25E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.097 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A25E
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 5.70, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 40.76, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0155 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.097 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7618, 38.9304, 16.0602)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A25E #5E84C8

analogous

#C86D5E #C8A25E #B9C85E

triadic

#C8A25E #5EC8A2 #A25EC8

tetradic

#C8A25E #5EC86D #5E84C8 #C85EB9

square

#C8A25E #5EC86D #5E84C8 #C85EB9

split-complementary

#C8A25E #5EB9C8 #6D5EC8

monochromatic

#80622C #AE853B #C8A25E #D8BC8C #E7D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C8A25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A25E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A25E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.097 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd8d',
    500: '#c8a25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a25e;
$custom-light: #dbbd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A25E

secondary

#ACBBD6

accent

#80D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A25E

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

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