#C8A558#C8A558

#C8A558 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A558
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 88)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 3.58, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 44.37, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0086 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.104 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0378, 39.8964, 14.8752)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A558 #587BC8

analogous

#C86D58 #C8A558 #B3C858

triadic

#C8A558 #58C8A5 #A558C8

tetradic

#C8A558 #58C86D #587BC8 #C858B3

square

#C8A558 #58C86D #587BC8 #C858B3

split-complementary

#C8A558 #58B3C8 #6D58C8

monochromatic

#7D6229 #AB8738 #C8A558 #D7BE86 #E6D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A558

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A558	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)

#B5A451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf89',
    500: '#c8a558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a558;
$custom-light: #dbbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A558

secondary

#A7B5D5

accent

#7ADA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A558

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

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