#C8A359#C8A359

#C8A359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A359
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 4.74, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 43.39, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0121 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.103 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7215, 39.1972, 14.9755)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A359 #597EC8

analogous

#C86C59 #C8A359 #B6C859

triadic

#C8A359 #59C8A3 #A359C8

tetradic

#C8A359 #59C86C #597EC8 #C859B6

square

#C8A359 #59C86C #597EC8 #C859B6

split-complementary

#C8A359 #59B6C8 #6C59C8

monochromatic

#7D6129 #AB8539 #C8A359 #D7BC87 #E6D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A359

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A359	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8a',
    500: '#c8a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a359;
$custom-light: #dbbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73363,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A359

secondary

#A8B7D5

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A359

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

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