#C8A569#C8A569

#C8A569 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A569
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 105)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 5.10, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.17, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.015 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.088 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8258, 40.2116, 19.0257)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A569 #698CC8

analogous

#C87669 #C8A569 #BBC869

triadic

#C8A569 #69C8A5 #A569C8

tetradic

#C8A569 #69C876 #698CC8 #C869BB

square

#C8A569 #69C876 #698CC8 #C869BB

split-complementary

#C8A569 #69BBC8 #7669C8

monochromatic

#866631 #B28941 #C8A569 #D8C096 #E9DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A569

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A569	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)

#B4A564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf95',
    500: '#c8a569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a569;
$custom-light: #dbbf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.08809,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A569

secondary

#B4C2D9

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A569

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

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