#C8A550#C8A550

#C8A550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A550
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 2.97, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 48.12, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0058 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.112 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.7244, 39.7710, 13.2248)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A550 #5073C8

analogous

#C86950 #C8A550 #AFC850

triadic

#C8A550 #50C8A5 #A550C8

tetradic

#C8A550 #50C869 #5073C8 #C850AF

square

#C8A550 #50C869 #5073C8 #C850AF

split-complementary

#C8A550 #50AFC8 #6950C8

monochromatic

#786026 #A68534 #C8A550 #D7BD7F #E5D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A550

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A550	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)

#B6A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf84',
    500: '#c8a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a550;
$custom-light: #dcbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.39769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A550

secondary

#A1AFD3

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A550

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

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