#C8A456#C8A456

#C8A456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A456
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 3.96, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 45.06, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0094 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.106 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7764, 39.5044, 14.3850)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A456 #567AC8

analogous

#C86B56 #C8A456 #B3C856

triadic

#C8A456 #56C8A4 #A456C8

tetradic

#C8A456 #56C86B #567AC8 #C856B3

square

#C8A456 #56C86B #567AC8 #C856B3

split-complementary

#C8A456 #56B3C8 #6B56C8

monochromatic

#7B6128 #AA8537 #C8A456 #D7BD84 #E6D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A456

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A456	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)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe88',
    500: '#c8a456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a456;
$custom-light: #dbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A456

secondary

#A5B4D4

accent

#7ADA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A456

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

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