#C8A657#C8A657

#C8A657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A657
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 2.96, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 45.11, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0067 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.106 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1777, 40.2421, 14.7189)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A657 #5779C8

analogous

#C86E57 #C8A657 #B2C857

triadic

#C8A657 #57C8A6 #A657C8

tetradic

#C8A657 #57C86E #5779C8 #C857B2

square

#C8A657 #57C86E #5779C8 #C857B2

split-complementary

#C8A657 #57B2C8 #6E57C8

monochromatic

#7C6329 #AA8838 #C8A657 #D7BE85 #E6D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A657

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A657	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc088',
    500: '#c8a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a657;
$custom-light: #dbc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.947,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A657

secondary

#A6B4D5

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A657

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

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