#C8A759#C8A759

#C8A759 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A759
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 2.59, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 44.43, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0058 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.105 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4430, 40.6402, 15.2160)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A759 #597AC8

analogous

#C87059 #C8A759 #B2C859

triadic

#C8A759 #59C8A7 #A759C8

tetradic

#C8A759 #59C870 #597AC8 #C859B2

square

#C8A759 #59C870 #597AC8 #C859B2

split-complementary

#C8A759 #59B2C8 #7059C8

monochromatic

#7D6429 #AB8939 #C8A759 #D7BF87 #E6D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A759

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A759	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc08a',
    500: '#c8a759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a759;
$custom-light: #dbc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A759

secondary

#A8B5D5

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A759

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

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