#C8A65C#C8A65C

#C8A65C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A65C
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 92)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 3.37, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 42.73, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0085 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.101 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3891, 40.3266, 15.8322)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A65C #5C7EC8

analogous

#C8705C #C8A65C #B4C85C

triadic

#C8A65C #5CC8A6 #A65CC8

tetradic

#C8A65C #5CC870 #5C7EC8 #C85CB4

square

#C8A65C #5CC870 #5C7EC8 #C85CB4

split-complementary

#C8A65C #5CB4C8 #705CC8

monochromatic

#7F642B #AD893A #C8A65C #D7BF8A #E7D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C8A65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A65C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A65C	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08c',
    500: '#c8a65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a65c;
$custom-light: #dbc08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.111,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A65C

secondary

#AAB8D6

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A65C

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

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