#C8A751#C8A751

#C8A751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A751
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 1.97, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 48.20, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.003 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.112 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1252, 40.5130, 13.5420)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A751 #5172C8

analogous

#C86B51 #C8A751 #AEC851

triadic

#C8A751 #51C8A7 #A751C8

tetradic

#C8A751 #51C86B #5172C8 #C851AE

square

#C8A751 #51C86B #5172C8 #C851AE

split-complementary

#C8A751 #51AEC8 #6B51C8

monochromatic

#796226 #A78735 #C8A751 #D7BF80 #E5D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C8A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A751

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A751	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc085',
    500: '#c8a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a751;
$custom-light: #dcc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.361,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A751

secondary

#A1AFD3

accent

#74DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A751

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

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