#C8A553#C8A553

#C8A553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A553
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 3.19, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 46.73, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0068 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.109 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8377, 39.8164, 13.8216)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A553 #5376C8

analogous

#C86A53 #C8A553 #B1C853

triadic

#C8A553 #53C8A5 #A553C8

tetradic

#C8A553 #53C86A #5376C8 #C853B1

square

#C8A553 #53C86A #5376C8 #C853B1

split-complementary

#C8A553 #53B1C8 #6A53C8

monochromatic

#7A6127 #A88636 #C8A553 #D7BD81 #E6D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A553

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A553	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)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf86',
    500: '#c8a553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a553;
$custom-light: #dcbf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A553

secondary

#A3B2D4

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A553

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

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