#C8A455#C8A455

#C8A455 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A455
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 3.88, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 45.53, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0091 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.107 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7364, 39.4884, 14.1743)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A455 #5579C8

analogous

#C86A55 #C8A455 #B3C855

triadic

#C8A455 #55C8A4 #A455C8

tetradic

#C8A455 #55C86A #5579C8 #C855B3

square

#C8A455 #55C86A #5579C8 #C855B3

split-complementary

#C8A455 #55B3C8 #6A55C8

monochromatic

#7B6128 #A98537 #C8A455 #D7BD83 #E6D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A455

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A455	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe87',
    500: '#c8a455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a455;
$custom-light: #dbbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73513,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A455

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A455

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

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