#C8A852#C8A852

#C8A852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A852
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 1.51, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 48.01, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0018 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.112 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3468, 40.8959, 13.8022)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A852 #5272C8

analogous

#C86D52 #C8A852 #ADC852

triadic

#C8A852 #52C8A8 #A852C8

tetradic

#C8A852 #52C86D #5272C8 #C852AD

square

#C8A852 #52C86D #5272C8 #C852AD

split-complementary

#C8A852 #52ADC8 #6D52C8

monochromatic

#796327 #A88935 #C8A852 #D7BF80 #E6D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A852

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A852	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)

#B9A64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc185',
    500: '#c8a852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a852;
$custom-light: #dcc185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A852

secondary

#A2B0D4

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A852

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

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