#C8A562#C8A562

#C8A562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A562
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 4.44, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 39.57, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0123 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.095 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4808, 40.0736, 17.2083)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A562 #6285C8

analogous

#C87262 #C8A562 #B8C862

triadic

#C8A562 #62C8A5 #A562C8

tetradic

#C8A562 #62C872 #6285C8 #C862B8

square

#C8A562 #62C872 #6285C8 #C862B8

split-complementary

#C8A562 #62B8C8 #7262C8

monochromatic

#82652E #AF883D #C8A562 #D8BF8F #E8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A562

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A562	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)

#B4A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf90',
    500: '#c8a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a562;
$custom-light: #dbbf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.412,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A562

secondary

#AFBDD7

accent

#7FD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A562

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

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