#C8A371#C8A371

#C8A371 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.079 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A371
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 113)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 43.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 7.00, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 31.86, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0213 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.079 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8986, 39.6680, 21.1747)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A371 #7196C8

analogous

#C87871 #C8A371 #C2C871

triadic

#C8A371 #71C8A3 #A371C8

tetradic

#C8A371 #71C878 #7196C8 #C871C2

square

#C8A371 #71C878 #7196C8 #C871C2

split-complementary

#C8A371 #71C2C8 #7871C8

monochromatic

#896635 #B68646 #C8A371 #D9C09D #EADCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A371

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A371	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.079 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9a',
    500: '#c8a371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a371;
$custom-light: #dabe9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.483,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A371

secondary

#BAC8DB

accent

#69B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A371

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

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