#C8A65D#C8A65D

#C8A65D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A65D
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 93)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 3.46, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 42.24, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0088 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.1 85)
XYZ	xyz(39.4331, 40.3442, 16.0640)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A65D #5D7FC8

analogous

#C8715D #C8A65D #B4C85D

triadic

#C8A65D #5DC8A6 #A65DC8

tetradic

#C8A65D #5DC871 #5D7FC8 #C85DB4

square

#C8A65D #5DC871 #5D7FC8 #C85DB4

split-complementary

#C8A65D #5DB4C8 #715DC8

monochromatic

#7F652B #AD893B #C8A65D #D8BF8B #E7D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C8A65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A65D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A65D	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)

#B6A557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08c',
    500: '#c8a65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a65d;
$custom-light: #dbc08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74024,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.40342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A65D

secondary

#ABB9D6

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A65D

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

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