#C8A65B#C8A65B

#C8A65B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A65B
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 91)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 3.29, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 43.20, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0081 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.102 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3457, 40.3093, 15.6035)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A65B #5B7DC8

analogous

#C86F5B #C8A65B #B4C85B

triadic

#C8A65B #5BC8A6 #A65BC8

tetradic

#C8A65B #5BC86F #5B7DC8 #C85BB4

square

#C8A65B #5BC86F #5B7DC8 #C85BB4

split-complementary

#C8A65B #5BB4C8 #6F5BC8

monochromatic

#7E642A #AC883A #C8A65B #D7BF89 #E7D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A65B

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A65B	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)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08b',
    500: '#c8a65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a65b;
$custom-light: #dbc08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.284,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A65B

secondary

#A9B7D6

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A65B

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

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