#C8A662#C8A662

#C8A662 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A662
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 3.90, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 39.83, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0107 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.096 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6618, 40.4357, 17.2687)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A662 #6284C8

analogous

#C87362 #C8A662 #B7C862

triadic

#C8A662 #62C8A6 #A662C8

tetradic

#C8A662 #62C873 #6284C8 #C862B7

square

#C8A662 #62C873 #6284C8 #C862B7

split-complementary

#C8A662 #62B7C8 #7362C8

monochromatic

#82662E #AF893D #C8A662 #D8C08F #E8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A662

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A662	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc090',
    500: '#c8a662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a662;
$custom-light: #dbc090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74096,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A662

secondary

#AFBCD7

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A662

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

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