#C8A650#C8A650

#C8A650 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A650
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 2.43, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 48.39, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0042 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.112 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9054, 40.1332, 13.2851)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A650 #5072C8

analogous

#C86A50 #C8A650 #AEC850

triadic

#C8A650 #50C8A6 #A650C8

tetradic

#C8A650 #50C86A #5072C8 #C850AE

square

#C8A650 #50C86A #5072C8 #C850AE

split-complementary

#C8A650 #50AEC8 #6A50C8

monochromatic

#786126 #A68634 #C8A650 #D7BE7F #E5D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A650

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A650	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc084',
    500: '#c8a650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a650;
$custom-light: #dcc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A650

secondary

#A1AFD3

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A650

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

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