#C8A362#C8A362

#C8A362 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.094 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A362
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 5.51, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 39.08, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0154 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.094 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1228, 39.3577, 17.0890)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A362 #6287C8

analogous

#C87062 #C8A362 #BAC862

triadic

#C8A362 #62C8A3 #A362C8

tetradic

#C8A362 #62C870 #6287C8 #C862BA

square

#C8A362 #62C870 #6287C8 #C862BA

split-complementary

#C8A362 #62BAC8 #7062C8

monochromatic

#82632E #AF863D #C8A362 #D8BE8F #E8D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A362

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A362	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)

#B3A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.094 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe90',
    500: '#c8a362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a362;
$custom-light: #dbbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.235,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A362

secondary

#AFBDD7

accent

#81D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A362

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

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