#C8A458#C8A458

#C8A458 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A458
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 88)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 4.12, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 44.12, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0102 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.104 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8581, 39.5371, 14.8153)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A458 #587CC8

analogous

#C86C58 #C8A458 #B4C858

triadic

#C8A458 #58C8A4 #A458C8

tetradic

#C8A458 #58C86C #587CC8 #C858B4

square

#C8A458 #58C86C #587CC8 #C858B4

split-complementary

#C8A458 #58B4C8 #6C58C8

monochromatic

#7D6229 #AB8638 #C8A458 #D7BD86 #E6D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A458

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A458	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe89',
    500: '#c8a458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a458;
$custom-light: #dbbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A458

secondary

#A7B6D5

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A458

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

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