#C8A855#C8A855

#C8A855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A855
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 1.74, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 46.61, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0028 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.109 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4635, 40.9426, 14.4166)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A855 #5575C8

analogous

#C86E55 #C8A855 #AEC855

triadic

#C8A855 #55C8A8 #A855C8

tetradic

#C8A855 #55C86E #5575C8 #C855AE

square

#C8A855 #55C86E #5575C8 #C855AE

split-complementary

#C8A855 #55AEC8 #6E55C8

monochromatic

#7B6428 #A98937 #C8A855 #D7C083 #E6D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A855

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A855	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc187',
    500: '#c8a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a855;
$custom-light: #dbc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74326,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A855

secondary

#A5B2D4

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A855

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

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