#C8A850#C8A850

#C8A850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A850
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 1.36, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 48.94, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0011 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.113 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2718, 40.8659, 13.4072)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A850 #5070C8

analogous

#C86C50 #C8A850 #ACC850

triadic

#C8A850 #50C8A8 #A850C8

tetradic

#C8A850 #50C86C #5070C8 #C850AC

square

#C8A850 #50C86C #5070C8 #C850AC

split-complementary

#C8A850 #50ACC8 #6C50C8

monochromatic

#786226 #A68834 #C8A850 #D7BF7F #E5D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C8A850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A850

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A850	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc184',
    500: '#c8a850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a850;
$custom-light: #dcc184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A850

secondary

#A1AED3

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A850

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

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