#C8A551#C8A551

#C8A551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A551
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 3.04, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 47.66, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0061 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.111 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7616, 39.7859, 13.4208)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A551 #5174C8

analogous

#C86A51 #C8A551 #AFC851

triadic

#C8A551 #51C8A5 #A551C8

tetradic

#C8A551 #51C86A #5174C8 #C851AF

square

#C8A551 #51C86A #5174C8 #C851AF

split-complementary

#C8A551 #51AFC8 #6A51C8

monochromatic

#796026 #A78535 #C8A551 #D7BD80 #E5D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A551

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A551	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)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf84',
    500: '#c8a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a551;
$custom-light: #dcbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A551

secondary

#A1B0D3

accent

#76DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A551

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

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