#C8A460#C8A460

#C8A460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A460
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 96)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 4.80, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 40.28, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0131 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.096 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2078, 39.6770, 16.6573)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A460 #6084C8

analogous

#C87060 #C8A460 #B8C860

triadic

#C8A460 #60C8A4 #A460C8

tetradic

#C8A460 #60C870 #6084C8 #C860B8

square

#C8A460 #60C870 #6084C8 #C860B8

split-complementary

#C8A460 #60B8C8 #7060C8

monochromatic

#81642D #AE873C #C8A460 #D8BE8D #E7D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A460

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A460	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)

#B4A45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8e',
    500: '#c8a460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a460;
$custom-light: #dbbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A460

secondary

#ADBCD7

accent

#7FD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A460

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

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