#C8A658#C8A658

#C8A658 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A658
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 88)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 3.04, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 44.64, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.007 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.105 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2188, 40.2585, 14.9356)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A658 #587AC8

analogous

#C86E58 #C8A658 #B2C858

triadic

#C8A658 #58C8A6 #A658C8

tetradic

#C8A658 #58C86E #587AC8 #C858B2

square

#C8A658 #58C86E #587AC8 #C858B2

split-complementary

#C8A658 #58B2C8 #6E58C8

monochromatic

#7D6329 #AB8838 #C8A658 #D7BF86 #E6D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A658

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A658	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)

#B6A551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc089',
    500: '#c8a658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a658;
$custom-light: #dbc089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A658

secondary

#A7B5D5

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A658

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

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