#C8A757#C8A757

#C8A757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A757
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 2.43, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 45.38, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0051 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.107 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3602, 40.6070, 14.7797)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A757 #5778C8

analogous

#C86F57 #C8A757 #B1C857

triadic

#C8A757 #57C8A7 #A757C8

tetradic

#C8A757 #57C86F #5778C8 #C857B1

square

#C8A757 #57C86F #5778C8 #C857B1

split-complementary

#C8A757 #57B1C8 #6F57C8

monochromatic

#7C6429 #AA8938 #C8A757 #D7BF85 #E6D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A757

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A757	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)

#B7A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc088',
    500: '#c8a757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a757;
$custom-light: #dbc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A757

secondary

#A6B4D5

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A757

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

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