#C8A35E#C8A35E

#C8A35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A35E
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 94)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 5.16, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 41.00, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0139 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.098 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9387, 39.2841, 16.1191)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A35E #5E83C8

analogous

#C86E5E #C8A35E #B8C85E

triadic

#C8A35E #5EC8A3 #A35EC8

tetradic

#C8A35E #5EC86E #5E83C8 #C85EB8

square

#C8A35E #5EC86E #5E83C8 #C85EB8

split-complementary

#C8A35E #5EB8C8 #6E5EC8

monochromatic

#80632C #AE863B #C8A35E #D8BD8C #E7D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C8A35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A35E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A35E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8d',
    500: '#c8a35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a35e;
$custom-light: #dbbe8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.057,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73433,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A35E

secondary

#ACBAD6

accent

#7FD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A35E

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

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