#C8A66A#C8A66A

#C8A66A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.088 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A66A
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 106)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 47%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 4.66, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 35.93, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0138 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.088 81)
XYZ	xyz(40.0586, 40.5944, 19.3584)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A66A #6A8CC8

analogous

#C8776A #C8A66A #BBC86A

triadic

#C8A66A #6AC8A6 #A66AC8

tetradic

#C8A66A #6AC877 #6A8CC8 #C86ABB

square

#C8A66A #6AC877 #6A8CC8 #C86ABB

split-complementary

#C8A66A #6ABBC8 #776AC8

monochromatic

#866832 #B38A42 #C8A66A #D8C197 #E9DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A66A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A66A	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.088 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc095',
    500: '#c8a66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a66a;
$custom-light: #dbc095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.40592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A66A

secondary

#B5C2D9

accent

#82D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A66A

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

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