#C8A45B#C8A45B

#C8A45B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A45B
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 91)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 4.36, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 42.69, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0112 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.101 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9849, 39.5878, 15.4833)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A45B #5B7FC8

analogous

#C86D5B #C8A45B #B6C85B

triadic

#C8A45B #5BC8A4 #A45BC8

tetradic

#C8A45B #5BC86D #5B7FC8 #C85BB6

square

#C8A45B #5BC86D #5B7FC8 #C85BB6

split-complementary

#C8A45B #5BB6C8 #6D5BC8

monochromatic

#7E632A #AC863A #C8A45B #D7BD89 #E7D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A45B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A45B	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8b',
    500: '#c8a45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a45b;
$custom-light: #dbbe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.183,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73592,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A45B

secondary

#A9B8D6

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A45B

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

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