#C8A357#C8A357

#C8A357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A357
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 4.58, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 44.34, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0114 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.104 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6387, 39.1641, 14.5392)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A357 #577CC8

analogous

#C86B57 #C8A357 #B5C857

triadic

#C8A357 #57C8A3 #A357C8

tetradic

#C8A357 #57C86B #577CC8 #C857B5

square

#C8A357 #57C86B #577CC8 #C857B5

split-complementary

#C8A357 #57B5C8 #6B57C8

monochromatic

#7C6129 #AA8538 #C8A357 #D7BC85 #E6D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A357

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A357	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)

#B4A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe88',
    500: '#c8a357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a357;
$custom-light: #dbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A357

secondary

#A6B5D5

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A357

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

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