#C8A260#C8A260

#C8A260 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A260
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 5.87, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 39.81, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0163 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.096 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8527, 38.9667, 16.5389)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A260 #6086C8

analogous

#C86E60 #C8A260 #BAC860

triadic

#C8A260 #60C8A2 #A260C8

tetradic

#C8A260 #60C86E #6086C8 #C860BA

square

#C8A260 #60C86E #6086C8 #C860BA

split-complementary

#C8A260 #60BAC8 #6E60C8

monochromatic

#81622D #AE853C #C8A260 #D8BD8D #E7D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C8A260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A260

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A260	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)

#B2A25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd8e',
    500: '#c8a260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a260;
$custom-light: #dbbd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A260

secondary

#ADBCD7

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A260

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

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