#C8A355#C8A355

#C8A355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A355
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 4.42, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 45.28, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0107 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.106 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5581, 39.1319, 14.1149)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A355 #557AC8

analogous

#C86955 #C8A355 #B3C855

triadic

#C8A355 #55C8A3 #A355C8

tetradic

#C8A355 #55C869 #557AC8 #C855B3

square

#C8A355 #55C869 #557AC8 #C855B3

split-complementary

#C8A355 #55B3C8 #6955C8

monochromatic

#7B6028 #A98437 #C8A355 #D7BC83 #E6D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A355

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A355	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)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe87',
    500: '#c8a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a355;
$custom-light: #dbbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73311,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A355

secondary

#A5B4D4

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A355

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

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