#C8A361#C8A361

#C8A361 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A361
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 5.42, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 39.56, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.015 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.095 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0759, 39.3390, 16.8419)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A361 #6186C8

analogous

#C86F61 #C8A361 #B9C861

triadic

#C8A361 #61C8A3 #A361C8

tetradic

#C8A361 #61C86F #6186C8 #C861B9

square

#C8A361 #61C86F #6186C8 #C861B9

split-complementary

#C8A361 #61B9C8 #6F61C8

monochromatic

#82632D #AF863D #C8A361 #D8BD8E #E8D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A361

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A361	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8f',
    500: '#c8a361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a361;
$custom-light: #dbbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A361

secondary

#AEBDD7

accent

#81D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A361

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

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