#C8A655#C8A655

#C8A655 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A655
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 2.81, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 46.06, 86.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.006 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.108 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0971, 40.2098, 14.2945)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A655 #5577C8

analogous

#C86C55 #C8A655 #B0C855

triadic

#C8A655 #55C8A6 #A655C8

tetradic

#C8A655 #55C86C #5577C8 #C855B0

square

#C8A655 #55C86C #5577C8 #C855B0

split-complementary

#C8A655 #55B0C8 #6C55C8

monochromatic

#7B6228 #A98737 #C8A655 #D7BE83 #E6D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A655

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A655	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)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc087',
    500: '#c8a655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a655;
$custom-light: #dbc087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A655

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A655

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

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