#C8A56C#C8A56C

#C8A56C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.085 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A56C
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 108)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 5.40, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 34.71, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0161 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.085 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9827, 40.2744, 19.8522)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A56C #6C8FC8

analogous

#C8776C #C8A56C #BDC86C

triadic

#C8A56C #6CC8A5 #A56CC8

tetradic

#C8A56C #6CC877 #6C8FC8 #C86CBD

square

#C8A56C #6CC877 #6C8FC8 #C86CBD

split-complementary

#C8A56C #6CBDC8 #776CC8

monochromatic

#876733 #B48943 #C8A56C #D9C099 #E9DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A56C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A56C	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)

#B3A568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.085 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf97',
    500: '#c8a56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a56c;
$custom-light: #dabf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.174,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A56C

secondary

#B6C4D9

accent

#62B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A56C

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

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