#C8A653#C8A653

#C8A653 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A653
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 2.65, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 46.99, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0053 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.11 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0188, 40.1785, 13.8820)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A653 #5375C8

analogous

#C86B53 #C8A653 #AFC853

triadic

#C8A653 #53C8A6 #A653C8

tetradic

#C8A653 #53C86B #5375C8 #C853AF

square

#C8A653 #53C86B #5375C8 #C853AF

split-complementary

#C8A653 #53AFC8 #6B53C8

monochromatic

#7A6227 #A88736 #C8A653 #D7BE81 #E6D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A653

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A653	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)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc086',
    500: '#c8a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a653;
$custom-light: #dcc086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A653

secondary

#A3B1D4

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A653

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

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