#C8A462#C8A462

#C8A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A462
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 4.98, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.32, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0138 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.095 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3011, 39.7143, 17.1484)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A462 #6286C8

analogous

#C87162 #C8A462 #B9C862

triadic

#C8A462 #62C8A4 #A462C8

tetradic

#C8A462 #62C871 #6286C8 #C862B9

square

#C8A462 #62C871 #6286C8 #C862B9

split-complementary

#C8A462 #62B9C8 #7162C8

monochromatic

#82642E #AF873D #C8A462 #D8BE8F #E8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A462

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A462	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)

#B4A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe90',
    500: '#c8a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a462;
$custom-light: #dbbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A462

secondary

#AFBDD7

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A462

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

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