#C8A55D#C8A55D

#C8A55D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A55D
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 4.00, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 41.98, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0104 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.1 84)
XYZ	xyz(39.2520, 39.9821, 16.0036)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A55D #5D80C8

analogous

#C8705D #C8A55D #B5C85D

triadic

#C8A55D #5DC8A5 #A55DC8

tetradic

#C8A55D #5DC870 #5D80C8 #C85DB5

square

#C8A55D #5DC870 #5D80C8 #C85DB5

split-complementary

#C8A55D #5DB5C8 #705DC8

monochromatic

#7F642B #AD883B #C8A55D #D8BE8B #E7D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A55D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A55D	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8c',
    500: '#c8a55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a55d;
$custom-light: #dbbf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.3998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A55D

secondary

#ABB9D6

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A55D

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

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