#C8A461#C8A461

#C8A461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A461
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 4.89, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.80, 82.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0135 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.095 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2542, 39.6955, 16.9013)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A461 #6185C8

analogous

#C87061 #C8A461 #B8C861

triadic

#C8A461 #61C8A4 #A461C8

tetradic

#C8A461 #61C870 #6185C8 #C861B8

square

#C8A461 #61C870 #6185C8 #C861B8

split-complementary

#C8A461 #61B8C8 #7061C8

monochromatic

#82642D #AF873D #C8A461 #D8BE8E #E8D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A461

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A461	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe8f',
    500: '#c8a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a461;
$custom-light: #dbbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A461

secondary

#AEBCD7

accent

#7FD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A461

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

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