#C8A262#C8A262

#C8A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A262
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 6.05, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 38.84, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.017 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.094 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9460, 39.0040, 17.0301)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A262 #6288C8

analogous

#C86F62 #C8A262 #BBC862

triadic

#C8A262 #62C8A2 #A262C8

tetradic

#C8A262 #62C86F #6288C8 #C862BB

square

#C8A262 #62C86F #6288C8 #C862BB

split-complementary

#C8A262 #62BBC8 #6F62C8

monochromatic

#82632E #AF853D #C8A262 #D8BD8F #E8D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A262

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A262	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)

#B2A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd90',
    500: '#c8a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a262;
$custom-light: #dbbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A262

secondary

#AFBED7

accent

#83D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A262

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

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