#C8A45A#C8A45A

#C8A45A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.102 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A45A
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 90)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 4.28, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 43.16, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0109 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.102 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9421, 39.5706, 15.2576)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A45A #5A7EC8

analogous

#C86D5A #C8A45A #B5C85A

triadic

#C8A45A #5AC8A4 #A45AC8

tetradic

#C8A45A #5AC86D #5A7EC8 #C85AB5

square

#C8A45A #5AC86D #5A7EC8 #C85AB5

split-complementary

#C8A45A #5AB5C8 #6D5AC8

monochromatic

#7E622A #AC8639 #C8A45A #D7BD88 #E7D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A45A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A45A	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)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.102 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8a',
    500: '#c8a45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a45a;
$custom-light: #dbbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A45A

secondary

#A8B7D5

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A45A

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

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