#C8A265#C8A265

#C8A265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A265
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 6.33, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 37.40, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0182 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.091 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0903, 39.0618, 17.7901)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A265 #658BC8

analogous

#C87165 #C8A265 #BCC865

triadic

#C8A265 #65C8A2 #A265C8

tetradic

#C8A265 #65C871 #658BC8 #C865BC

square

#C8A265 #65C871 #658BC8 #C865BC

split-complementary

#C8A265 #65BCC8 #7165C8

monochromatic

#84632F #B1853F #C8A265 #D8BD92 #E8D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A265

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A265	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd92',
    500: '#c8a265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a265;
$custom-light: #dbbd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.97,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A265

secondary

#B1C0D8

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A265

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

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