#C8A35A#C8A35A

#C8A35A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A35A
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 90)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 4.82, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 42.91, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0124 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.102 83)
XYZ	xyz(38.7638, 39.2141, 15.1982)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A35A #5A7FC8

analogous

#C86C5A #C8A35A #B6C85A

triadic

#C8A35A #5AC8A3 #A35AC8

tetradic

#C8A35A #5AC86C #5A7FC8 #C85AB6

square

#C8A35A #5AC86C #5A7FC8 #C85AB6

split-complementary

#C8A35A #5AB6C8 #6C5AC8

monochromatic

#7E622A #AC8539 #C8A35A #D7BD88 #E7D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A35A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A35A	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B3A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8a',
    500: '#c8a35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a35a;
$custom-light: #dbbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.39212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A35A

secondary

#A8B8D5

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A35A

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

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