#C8A568#C8A568

#C8A568 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.089 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A568
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 104)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 48%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 5.00, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 36.66, 82.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0146 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.089 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7747, 40.1912, 18.7566)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A568 #688BC8

analogous

#C87568 #C8A568 #BBC868

triadic

#C8A568 #68C8A5 #A568C8

tetradic

#C8A568 #68C875 #688BC8 #C868BB

square

#C8A568 #68C875 #688BC8 #C868BB

split-complementary

#C8A568 #68BBC8 #7568C8

monochromatic

#856630 #B28941 #C8A568 #D8C095 #E9DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A568 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A568

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A568	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.089 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf94',
    500: '#c8a568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a568;
$custom-light: #dbbf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73987,
    "c": 0.08909,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A568

secondary

#B3C1D9

accent

#82D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A568

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

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