#C8A45E#C8A45E

#C8A45E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A45E
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 4.62, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 41.25, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0123 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.098 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1169, 39.6406, 16.1785)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A45E #5E82C8

analogous

#C86F5E #C8A45E #B7C85E

triadic

#C8A45E #5EC8A4 #A45EC8

tetradic

#C8A45E #5EC86F #5E82C8 #C85EB7

square

#C8A45E #5EC86F #5E82C8 #C85EB7

split-complementary

#C8A45E #5EB7C8 #6F5EC8

monochromatic

#80632C #AE873B #C8A45E #D8BE8C #E7D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A45E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A45E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8d',
    500: '#c8a45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a45e;
$custom-light: #dbbe8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A45E

secondary

#ACBAD6

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A45E

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

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