#C8A35B#C8A35B

#C8A35B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A35B
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 4.90, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 42.44, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0128 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.101 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8067, 39.2313, 15.4239)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A35B #5B80C8

analogous

#C86D5B #C8A35B #B7C85B

triadic

#C8A35B #5BC8A3 #A35BC8

tetradic

#C8A35B #5BC86D #5B80C8 #C85BB7

square

#C8A35B #5BC86D #5B80C8 #C85BB7

split-complementary

#C8A35B #5BB7C8 #6D5BC8

monochromatic

#7E622A #AC853A #C8A35B #D7BD89 #E7D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A35B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A35B	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8b',
    500: '#c8a35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a35b;
$custom-light: #dbbe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.633,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A35B

secondary

#A9B8D6

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A35B

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

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