#C8A261#C8A261

#C8A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.095 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A261
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 5.96, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 39.33, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0166 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.095 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8991, 38.9853, 16.7830)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A261 #6187C8

analogous

#C86E61 #C8A261 #BAC861

triadic

#C8A261 #61C8A2 #A261C8

tetradic

#C8A261 #61C86E #6187C8 #C861BA

square

#C8A261 #61C86E #6187C8 #C861BA

split-complementary

#C8A261 #61BAC8 #6E61C8

monochromatic

#82622D #AF853D #C8A261 #D8BD8E #E8D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A261

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A261	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.095 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd8f',
    500: '#c8a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a261;
$custom-light: #dbbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A261

secondary

#AEBDD7

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A261

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

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