#C8A555#C8A555

#C8A555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A555
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 3.34, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 45.79, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0075 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.107 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.9160, 39.8477, 14.2342)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A555 #5578C8

analogous

#C86B55 #C8A555 #B1C855

triadic

#C8A555 #55C8A5 #A555C8

tetradic

#C8A555 #55C86B #5578C8 #C855B1

square

#C8A555 #55C86B #5578C8 #C855B1

split-complementary

#C8A555 #55B1C8 #6B55C8

monochromatic

#7B6228 #A98637 #C8A555 #D7BD83 #E6D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A555

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A555	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)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf87',
    500: '#c8a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a555;
$custom-light: #dbbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A555

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A555

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

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