#C8A451#C8A451

#C8A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A451
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 3.58, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 47.40, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0077 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.11 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.5819, 39.4266, 13.3609)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A451 #5175C8

analogous

#C86951 #C8A451 #B0C851

triadic

#C8A451 #51C8A4 #A451C8

tetradic

#C8A451 #51C869 #5175C8 #C851B0

square

#C8A451 #51C869 #5175C8 #C851B0

split-complementary

#C8A451 #51B0C8 #6951C8

monochromatic

#796026 #A78435 #C8A451 #D7BC80 #E5D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A451

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A451	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe84',
    500: '#c8a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a451;
$custom-light: #dcbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A451

secondary

#A1B1D3

accent

#78DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A451

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

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