#C8A463#C8A463

#C8A463 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.094 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A463
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 5.07, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 38.84, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0142 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.094 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3486, 39.7333, 17.3987)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A463 #6387C8

analogous

#C87163 #C8A463 #B9C863

triadic

#C8A463 #63C8A4 #A463C8

tetradic

#C8A463 #63C871 #6387C8 #C863B9

square

#C8A463 #63C871 #6387C8 #C863B9

split-complementary

#C8A463 #63B9C8 #7163C8

monochromatic

#83642E #B0873E #C8A463 #D8BE90 #E8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A463

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A463	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.094 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe90',
    500: '#c8a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a463;
$custom-light: #dbbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A463

secondary

#AFBED7

accent

#81D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A463

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