#C8A554#C8A554

#C8A554 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A554
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 3.27, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 46.26, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0072 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.108 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8766, 39.8319, 14.0264)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A554 #5477C8

analogous

#C86B54 #C8A554 #B1C854

triadic

#C8A554 #54C8A5 #A554C8

tetradic

#C8A554 #54C86B #5477C8 #C854B1

square

#C8A554 #54C86B #5477C8 #C854B1

split-complementary

#C8A554 #54B1C8 #6B54C8

monochromatic

#7A6127 #A98636 #C8A554 #D7BD82 #E6D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A554

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A554	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf86',
    500: '#c8a554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a554;
$custom-light: #dcbf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A554

secondary

#A4B2D4

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A554

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

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