#C8A351#C8A351

#C8A351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A351
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 4.12, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 47.15, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0093 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.11 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4037, 39.0701, 13.3015)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A351 #5176C8

analogous

#C86851 #C8A351 #B1C851

triadic

#C8A351 #51C8A3 #A351C8

tetradic

#C8A351 #51C868 #5176C8 #C851B1

square

#C8A351 #51C868 #5176C8 #C851B1

split-complementary

#C8A351 #51B1C8 #6851C8

monochromatic

#795F26 #A78335 #C8A351 #D7BC80 #E5D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A351

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A351	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)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe84',
    500: '#c8a351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a351;
$custom-light: #dcbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.345,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A351

secondary

#A1B1D3

accent

#79DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A351

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

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