#C8A661#C8A661

#C8A661 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A661
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 3.81, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 40.31, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0103 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.096 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6149, 40.4170, 17.0216)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A661 #6183C8

analogous

#C87261 #C8A661 #B6C861

triadic

#C8A661 #61C8A6 #A661C8

tetradic

#C8A661 #61C872 #6183C8 #C861B6

square

#C8A661 #61C872 #6183C8 #C861B6

split-complementary

#C8A661 #61B6C8 #7261C8

monochromatic

#82662D #AF893D #C8A661 #D8C08E #E8D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A661

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A661	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08f',
    500: '#c8a661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a661;
$custom-light: #dbc08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.194,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A661

secondary

#AEBBD7

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A661

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

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