#C8A556#C8A556

#C8A556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A556
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 3.42, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 45.32, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0079 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.106 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9560, 39.8637, 14.4449)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A556 #5679C8

analogous

#C86C56 #C8A556 #B2C856

triadic

#C8A556 #56C8A5 #A556C8

tetradic

#C8A556 #56C86C #5679C8 #C856B2

square

#C8A556 #56C86C #5679C8 #C856B2

split-complementary

#C8A556 #56B2C8 #6C56C8

monochromatic

#7B6228 #AA8637 #C8A556 #D7BE84 #E6D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A556

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A556	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)

#B6A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf88',
    500: '#c8a556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a556;
$custom-light: #dbbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A556

secondary

#A5B4D4

accent

#79DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A556

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

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