#C8A65A#C8A65A

#C8A65A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A65A
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 90)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 3.21, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 43.68, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0077 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.103 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3028, 40.2921, 15.3779)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A65A #5A7CC8

analogous

#C86F5A #C8A65A #B3C85A

triadic

#C8A65A #5AC8A6 #A65AC8

tetradic

#C8A65A #5AC86F #5A7CC8 #C85AB3

square

#C8A65A #5AC86F #5A7CC8 #C85AB3

split-complementary

#C8A65A #5AB3C8 #6F5AC8

monochromatic

#7E642A #AC8839 #C8A65A #D7BF88 #E7D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A65A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A65A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08a',
    500: '#c8a65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a65a;
$custom-light: #dbc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A65A

secondary

#A8B6D5

accent

#79DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A65A

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

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