#C8A563#C8A563

#C8A563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A563
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 4.53, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 39.08, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0127 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.094 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5283, 40.0926, 17.4585)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A563 #6386C8

analogous

#C87263 #C8A563 #B8C863

triadic

#C8A563 #63C8A5 #A563C8

tetradic

#C8A563 #63C872 #6386C8 #C863B8

square

#C8A563 #63C872 #6386C8 #C863B8

split-complementary

#C8A563 #63B8C8 #7263C8

monochromatic

#83652E #B0883E #C8A563 #D8BF90 #E8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C8A563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A563

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A563	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf90',
    500: '#c8a563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a563;
$custom-light: #dbbf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.208,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A563

secondary

#AFBDD7

accent

#7FD750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A563

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

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