#C8A466#C8A466

#C8A466 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A466
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 102)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 5.35, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 37.38, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0154 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.091 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4947, 39.7917, 18.1681)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A466 #668AC8

analogous

#C87366 #C8A466 #BBC866

triadic

#C8A466 #66C8A4 #A466C8

tetradic

#C8A466 #66C873 #668AC8 #C866BB

square

#C8A466 #66C873 #668AC8 #C866BB

split-complementary

#C8A466 #66BBC8 #7366C8

monochromatic

#84652F #B18740 #C8A466 #D8BF93 #E8DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A466

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A466	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe93',
    500: '#c8a466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a466;
$custom-light: #dbbe93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A466

secondary

#B2C0D8

accent

#82D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A466

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

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