#C8A365#C8A365

#C8A365 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.091 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A365
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 101)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 5.79, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 37.63, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0166 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.091 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2671, 39.4155, 17.8490)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A365 #658AC8

analogous

#C87265 #C8A365 #BBC865

triadic

#C8A365 #65C8A3 #A365C8

tetradic

#C8A365 #65C872 #658AC8 #C865BB

square

#C8A365 #65C872 #658AC8 #C865BB

split-complementary

#C8A365 #65BBC8 #7265C8

monochromatic

#84642F #B1863F #C8A365 #D8BE92 #E8D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A365 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A365 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A365

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A365	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A365	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a365;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.091 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe92',
    500: '#c8a365',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a365;
$custom-light: #dbbe92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a365",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73538,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A365

secondary

#B1BFD8

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A365

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

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