#C8A269#C8A269

#C8A269 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.087 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A269
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 105)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 6.72, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 35.48, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0197 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.087 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2911, 39.1421, 18.8475)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A269 #698FC8

analogous

#C87369 #C8A269 #BEC869

triadic

#C8A269 #69C8A2 #A269C8

tetradic

#C8A269 #69C873 #698FC8 #C869BE

square

#C8A269 #69C873 #698FC8 #C869BE

split-complementary

#C8A269 #69BEC8 #7369C8

monochromatic

#866431 #B28541 #C8A269 #D8BE96 #E9DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A269

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A269	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.087 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd95',
    500: '#c8a269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a269;
$custom-light: #dbbd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A269

secondary

#B4C3D9

accent

#87D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A269

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

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