#C8A552#C8A552

#C8A552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A552
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 3.12, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 47.20, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0065 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.11 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7994, 39.8010, 13.6197)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A552 #5275C8

analogous

#C86A52 #C8A552 #B0C852

triadic

#C8A552 #52C8A5 #A552C8

tetradic

#C8A552 #52C86A #5275C8 #C852B0

square

#C8A552 #52C86A #5275C8 #C852B0

split-complementary

#C8A552 #52B0C8 #6A52C8

monochromatic

#796127 #A88635 #C8A552 #D7BD80 #E6D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A552

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A552	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)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf85',
    500: '#c8a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a552;
$custom-light: #dcbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A552

secondary

#A2B1D4

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A552

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

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