#C8A561#C8A561

#C8A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A561
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 4.35, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 40.05, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0119 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.096 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4338, 40.0548, 16.9612)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A561 #6184C8

analogous

#C87161 #C8A561 #B7C861

triadic

#C8A561 #61C8A5 #A561C8

tetradic

#C8A561 #61C871 #6184C8 #C861B7

square

#C8A561 #61C871 #6184C8 #C861B7

split-complementary

#C8A561 #61B7C8 #7161C8

monochromatic

#82652D #AF883D #C8A561 #D8BF8E #E8D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A561

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A561	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)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf8f',
    500: '#c8a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a561;
$custom-light: #dbbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.612,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A561

secondary

#AEBCD7

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A561

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

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