#C8A356#C8A356

#C8A356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A356
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 4.50, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 44.81, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.011 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.105 84)
XYZ	xyz(38.5981, 39.1479, 14.3256)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A356 #567BC8

analogous

#C86A56 #C8A356 #B4C856

triadic

#C8A356 #56C8A3 #A356C8

tetradic

#C8A356 #56C86A #567BC8 #C856B4

square

#C8A356 #56C86A #567BC8 #C856B4

split-complementary

#C8A356 #56B4C8 #6A56C8

monochromatic

#7B6028 #AA8437 #C8A356 #D7BC84 #E6D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A356

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A356	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)

#B4A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe88',
    500: '#c8a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a356;
$custom-light: #dbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A356

secondary

#A5B5D4

accent

#7BDA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A356

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

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