#C8A55F#C8A55F

#C8A55F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A55F
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 95)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 4.17, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 41.02, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0111 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.098 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3418, 40.0180, 16.4763)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A55F #5F82C8

analogous

#C8705F #C8A55F #B6C85F

triadic

#C8A55F #5FC8A5 #A55FC8

tetradic

#C8A55F #5FC870 #5F82C8 #C85FB6

square

#C8A55F #5FC870 #5F82C8 #C85FB6

split-complementary

#C8A55F #5FB6C8 #705FC8

monochromatic

#80642C #AE883C #C8A55F #D8BF8D #E7D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A55F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A55F	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)

#B5A459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8e',
    500: '#c8a55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a55f;
$custom-light: #dbbf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A55F

secondary

#ACBAD6

accent

#7DD84F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A55F

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

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