#C8A45C#C8A45C

#C8A45C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.100 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A45C
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 92)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 4.45, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 42.21, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0116 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.1 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0283, 39.6052, 15.7120)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A45C #5C80C8

analogous

#C86E5C #C8A45C #B6C85C

triadic

#C8A45C #5CC8A4 #A45CC8

tetradic

#C8A45C #5CC86E #5C80C8 #C85CB6

square

#C8A45C #5CC86E #5C80C8 #C85CB6

split-complementary

#C8A45C #5CB6C8 #6E5CC8

monochromatic

#7F632B #AD863A #C8A45C #D7BE8A #E7D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A45C

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A45C	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)

#B4A356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.100 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8c',
    500: '#c8a45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a45c;
$custom-light: #dbbe8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A45C

secondary

#AAB9D6

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A45C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →