#C8A465#C8A465

#C8A465 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.092 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A465
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 101)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 5.25, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 37.87, 82.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.015 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.092 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4454, 39.7720, 17.9085)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A465 #6589C8

analogous

#C87365 #C8A465 #BBC865

triadic

#C8A465 #65C8A4 #A465C8

tetradic

#C8A465 #65C873 #6589C8 #C865BB

square

#C8A465 #65C873 #6589C8 #C865BB

split-complementary

#C8A465 #65BBC8 #7365C8

monochromatic

#84652F #B1873F #C8A465 #D8BF92 #E8D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A465

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A465	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)

#B3A460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.092 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe92',
    500: '#c8a465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a465;
$custom-light: #dbbe92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73738,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A465

secondary

#B1BFD8

accent

#82D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A465

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

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