#C8A457#C8A457

#C8A457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A457
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 4.04, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 44.59, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0098 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.105 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8170, 39.5206, 14.5987)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A457 #577BC8

analogous

#C86C57 #C8A457 #B4C857

triadic

#C8A457 #57C8A4 #A457C8

tetradic

#C8A457 #57C86C #577BC8 #C857B4

square

#C8A457 #57C86C #577BC8 #C857B4

split-complementary

#C8A457 #57B4C8 #6C57C8

monochromatic

#7C6129 #AA8638 #C8A457 #D7BD85 #E6D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A457

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A457	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)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe88',
    500: '#c8a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a457;
$custom-light: #dbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.885,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A457

secondary

#A6B5D5

accent

#7ADA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A457

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

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