#C8A659#C8A659

#C8A659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A659
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 3.12, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 44.16, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0074 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.104 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2605, 40.2752, 15.1552)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A659 #597BC8

analogous

#C86F59 #C8A659 #B2C859

triadic

#C8A659 #59C8A6 #A659C8

tetradic

#C8A659 #59C86F #597BC8 #C859B2

square

#C8A659 #59C86F #597BC8 #C859B2

split-complementary

#C8A659 #59B2C8 #6F59C8

monochromatic

#7D6429 #AB8839 #C8A659 #D7BF87 #E6D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A659

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A659	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)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08a',
    500: '#c8a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a659;
$custom-light: #dbc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A659

secondary

#A8B6D5

accent

#79DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A659

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

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