#C8A559#C8A559

#C8A559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A559
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 3.66, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 43.90, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0089 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.104 85)
XYZ	xyz(39.0795, 39.9131, 15.0948)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A559 #597CC8

analogous

#C86E59 #C8A559 #B4C859

triadic

#C8A559 #59C8A5 #A559C8

tetradic

#C8A559 #59C86E #597CC8 #C859B4

square

#C8A559 #59C86E #597CC8 #C859B4

split-complementary

#C8A559 #59B4C8 #6E59C8

monochromatic

#7D6329 #AB8739 #C8A559 #D7BE87 #E6D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A559

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A559	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)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8a',
    500: '#c8a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a559;
$custom-light: #dbbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.081,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.39911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A559

secondary

#A8B6D5

accent

#7ADA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A559

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

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