#C8A263#C8A263

#C8A263 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.093 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A263
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 99)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 6.15, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 38.36, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0174 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.093 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9935, 39.0230, 17.2803)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A263 #6389C8

analogous

#C86F63 #C8A263 #BBC863

triadic

#C8A263 #63C8A2 #A263C8

tetradic

#C8A263 #63C86F #6389C8 #C863BB

square

#C8A263 #63C86F #6389C8 #C863BB

split-complementary

#C8A263 #63BBC8 #6F63C8

monochromatic

#83632E #B0853E #C8A263 #D8BD90 #E8D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A263

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A263	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)

#B2A25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.093 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd90',
    500: '#c8a263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a263;
$custom-light: #dbbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.426,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A263

secondary

#AFBED7

accent

#83D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A263

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

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