#C8A853#C8A853

#C8A853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A853
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 1.58, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 47.54, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0022 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.111 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3852, 40.9113, 14.0041)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A853 #5373C8

analogous

#C86D53 #C8A853 #ADC853

triadic

#C8A853 #53C8A8 #A853C8

tetradic

#C8A853 #53C86D #5373C8 #C853AD

square

#C8A853 #53C86D #5373C8 #C853AD

split-complementary

#C8A853 #53ADC8 #6D53C8

monochromatic

#7A6327 #A88936 #C8A853 #D7BF81 #E6D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A853

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A853	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)

#B9A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc186',
    500: '#c8a853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a853;
$custom-light: #dbc186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74301,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A853

secondary

#A3B0D4

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A853

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

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