#C8A565#C8A565

#C8A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A565
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 4.71, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 38.11, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0134 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.092 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6251, 40.1313, 17.9684)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A565 #6588C8

analogous

#C87465 #C8A565 #BAC865

triadic

#C8A565 #65C8A5 #A565C8

tetradic

#C8A565 #65C874 #6588C8 #C865BA

square

#C8A565 #65C874 #6588C8 #C865BA

split-complementary

#C8A565 #65BAC8 #7465C8

monochromatic

#84662F #B1893F #C8A565 #D8BF92 #E8DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A565

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A565	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf92',
    500: '#c8a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a565;
$custom-light: #dbbf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.788,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.09206,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A565

secondary

#B1BFD8

accent

#80D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A565

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

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