#C8A56D#C8A56D

#C8A56D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A56D
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 5.50, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 34.23, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0165 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.084 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0363, 40.2958, 20.1341)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A56D #6D90C8

analogous

#C8776D #C8A56D #BEC86D

triadic

#C8A56D #6DC8A5 #A56DC8

tetradic

#C8A56D #6DC877 #6D90C8 #C86DBE

square

#C8A56D #6DC877 #6D90C8 #C86DBE

split-complementary

#C8A56D #6DBEC8 #776DC8

monochromatic

#886733 #B48944 #C8A56D #D9C099 #E9DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A56D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A56D	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf97',
    500: '#c8a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a56d;
$custom-light: #dabf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A56D

secondary

#B7C4DA

accent

#63B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A56D

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

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