#C8A656#C8A656

#C8A656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A656
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 2.89, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 45.58, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0063 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.107 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1371, 40.2258, 14.5052)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A656 #5678C8

analogous

#C86D56 #C8A656 #B1C856

triadic

#C8A656 #56C8A6 #A656C8

tetradic

#C8A656 #56C86D #5678C8 #C856B1

square

#C8A656 #56C86D #5678C8 #C856B1

split-complementary

#C8A656 #56B1C8 #6D56C8

monochromatic

#7B6328 #AA8737 #C8A656 #D7BE84 #E6D7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A656

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A656	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)

#B6A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc088',
    500: '#c8a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a656;
$custom-light: #dbc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A656

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#77DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A656

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

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