#C8A266#C8A266

#C8A266 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.090 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A266
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 102)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 6.43, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 36.92, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0186 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.09 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1396, 39.0815, 18.0497)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A266 #668CC8

analogous

#C87166 #C8A266 #BDC866

triadic

#C8A266 #66C8A2 #A266C8

tetradic

#C8A266 #66C871 #668CC8 #C866BD

square

#C8A266 #66C871 #668CC8 #C866BD

split-complementary

#C8A266 #66BDC8 #7166C8

monochromatic

#84632F #B18540 #C8A266 #D8BD93 #E8D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A266

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A266	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.090 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd92',
    500: '#c8a266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a266;
$custom-light: #dbbd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A266

secondary

#B2C1D8

accent

#85D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A266

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

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