#C8A851#C8A851

#C8A851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A851
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 1.44, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 48.47, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0015 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.113 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3091, 40.8808, 13.6033)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A851 #5171C8

analogous

#C86D51 #C8A851 #ACC851

triadic

#C8A851 #51C8A8 #A851C8

tetradic

#C8A851 #51C86D #5171C8 #C851AC

square

#C8A851 #51C86D #5171C8 #C851AC

split-complementary

#C8A851 #51ACC8 #6D51C8

monochromatic

#796226 #A78835 #C8A851 #D7BF80 #E5D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A851

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A851	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc185',
    500: '#c8a851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a851;
$custom-light: #dcc185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A851

secondary

#A1AFD3

accent

#73DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A851

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

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