#C8A560#C8A560

#C8A560 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A560
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 4.26, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 40.54, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0115 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.097 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3875, 40.0363, 16.7172)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A560 #6083C8

analogous

#C87160 #C8A560 #B7C860

triadic

#C8A560 #60C8A5 #A560C8

tetradic

#C8A560 #60C871 #6083C8 #C860B7

square

#C8A560 #60C871 #6083C8 #C860B7

split-complementary

#C8A560 #60B7C8 #7160C8

monochromatic

#81652D #AE883C #C8A560 #D8BF8D #E7D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A560

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A560	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8e',
    500: '#c8a560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a560;
$custom-light: #dbbf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.808,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73865,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A560

secondary

#ADBBD7

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A560

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

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