#C8A459#C8A459

#C8A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A459
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 4.20, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 43.64, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0105 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.103 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8998, 39.5537, 15.0350)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A459 #597DC8

analogous

#C86D59 #C8A459 #B4C859

triadic

#C8A459 #59C8A4 #A459C8

tetradic

#C8A459 #59C86D #597DC8 #C859B4

square

#C8A459 #59C86D #597DC8 #C859B4

split-complementary

#C8A459 #59B4C8 #6D59C8

monochromatic

#7D6229 #AB8639 #C8A459 #D7BD87 #E6D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A459

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A459	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)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8a',
    500: '#c8a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a459;
$custom-light: #dbbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A459

secondary

#A8B6D5

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A459

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

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