#C8A55E#C8A55E

#C8A55E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A55E
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 4.08, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 41.50, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0108 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.099 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2966, 39.9999, 16.2384)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A55E #5E81C8

analogous

#C8705E #C8A55E #B6C85E

triadic

#C8A55E #5EC8A5 #A55EC8

tetradic

#C8A55E #5EC870 #5E81C8 #C85EB6

square

#C8A55E #5EC870 #5E81C8 #C85EB6

split-complementary

#C8A55E #5EB6C8 #705EC8

monochromatic

#80642C #AE883B #C8A55E #D8BF8C #E7D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A55E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A55E	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)

#B5A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8d',
    500: '#c8a55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a55e;
$custom-light: #dbbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.189,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73836,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A55E

secondary

#ACBAD6

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A55E

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

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