#C8A854#C8A854

#C8A854 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A854
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 84)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.66, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 47.08, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0025 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.11 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4241, 40.9268, 14.2089)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A854 #5474C8

analogous

#C86E54 #C8A854 #AEC854

triadic

#C8A854 #54C8A8 #A854C8

tetradic

#C8A854 #54C86E #5474C8 #C854AE

square

#C8A854 #54C86E #5474C8 #C854AE

split-complementary

#C8A854 #54AEC8 #6E54C8

monochromatic

#7A6327 #A98936 #C8A854 #D7C082 #E6D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A854

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A854	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)

#B8A64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc187',
    500: '#c8a854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a854;
$custom-light: #dbc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A854

secondary

#A4B1D4

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A854

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

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