#C8A268#C8A268

#C8A268 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.088 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A268
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 104)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 48%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 6.62, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 35.96, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0193 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.088 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2400, 39.1216, 18.5784)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A268 #688EC8

analogous

#C87268 #C8A268 #BEC868

triadic

#C8A268 #68C8A2 #A268C8

tetradic

#C8A268 #68C872 #688EC8 #C868BE

square

#C8A268 #68C872 #688EC8 #C868BE

split-complementary

#C8A268 #68BEC8 #7268C8

monochromatic

#856430 #B28541 #C8A268 #D8BE95 #E9D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A268

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A268	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)

#B1A363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.088 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd94',
    500: '#c8a268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a268;
$custom-light: #dbbd94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.08785,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A268

secondary

#B3C2D9

accent

#86D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A268

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

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