#C8A55C#C8A55C

#C8A55C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A55C
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 3.91, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 42.46, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.01 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.101 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2080, 39.9645, 15.7719)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A55C #5C7FC8

analogous

#C86F5C #C8A55C #B5C85C

triadic

#C8A55C #5CC8A5 #A55CC8

tetradic

#C8A55C #5CC86F #5C7FC8 #C85CB5

square

#C8A55C #5CC86F #5C7FC8 #C85CB5

split-complementary

#C8A55C #5CB5C8 #6F5CC8

monochromatic

#7F642B #AD883A #C8A55C #D7BE8A #E7D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C8A55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A55C

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A55C	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8c',
    500: '#c8a55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a55c;
$custom-light: #dbbf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73808,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A55C

secondary

#AAB8D6

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A55C

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

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