#C8A56A#C8A56A

#C8A56A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A56A
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 106)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 47%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 5.20, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 35.68, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0154 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.087 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8775, 40.2323, 19.2980)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A56A #6A8DC8

analogous

#C8766A #C8A56A #BCC86A

triadic

#C8A56A #6AC8A5 #A56AC8

tetradic

#C8A56A #6AC876 #6A8DC8 #C86ABC

square

#C8A56A #6AC876 #6A8DC8 #C86ABC

split-complementary

#C8A56A #6ABCC8 #766AC8

monochromatic

#866732 #B38942 #C8A56A #D8C097 #E9DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A56A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A56A	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf95',
    500: '#c8a56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a56a;
$custom-light: #dbbf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.66,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A56A

secondary

#B5C2D9

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A56A

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

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