#C8A65E#C8A65E

#C8A65E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A65E
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 94)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 3.54, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 41.76, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0092 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.099 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4777, 40.3621, 16.2988)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A65E #5E80C8

analogous

#C8715E #C8A65E #B5C85E

triadic

#C8A65E #5EC8A6 #A65EC8

tetradic

#C8A65E #5EC871 #5E80C8 #C85EB5

square

#C8A65E #5EC871 #5E80C8 #C85EB5

split-complementary

#C8A65E #5EB5C8 #715EC8

monochromatic

#80652C #AE893B #C8A65E #D8BF8C #E7D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C8A65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A65E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A65E	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08d',
    500: '#c8a65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a65e;
$custom-light: #dbc08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74038,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A65E

secondary

#ACB9D6

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A65E

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

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