#C8A452#C8A452

#C8A452 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A452
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 3.65, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 46.94, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.008 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.109 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6197, 39.4417, 13.5599)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A452 #5276C8

analogous

#C86952 #C8A452 #B1C852

triadic

#C8A452 #52C8A4 #A452C8

tetradic

#C8A452 #52C869 #5276C8 #C852B1

square

#C8A452 #52C869 #5276C8 #C852B1

split-complementary

#C8A452 #52B1C8 #6952C8

monochromatic

#796027 #A88535 #C8A452 #D7BC80 #E6D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C8A452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A452

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A452	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe85',
    500: '#c8a452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a452;
$custom-light: #dcbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.695,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A452

secondary

#A2B1D4

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A452

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

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