#C8A557#C8A557

#C8A557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A557
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 3.50, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 44.85, 85.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0082 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.105 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9966, 39.8799, 14.6585)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A557 #577AC8

analogous

#C86D57 #C8A557 #B3C857

triadic

#C8A557 #57C8A5 #A557C8

tetradic

#C8A557 #57C86D #577AC8 #C857B3

square

#C8A557 #57C86D #577AC8 #C857B3

split-complementary

#C8A557 #57B3C8 #6D57C8

monochromatic

#7C6229 #AA8738 #C8A557 #D7BE85 #E6D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A557

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A557	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf88',
    500: '#c8a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a557;
$custom-light: #dbbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.416,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A557

secondary

#A6B5D5

accent

#79DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A557

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

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