#C8A857#C8A857

#C8A857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A857
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 1.89, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 45.66, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0035 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.107 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5441, 40.9748, 14.8410)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A857 #5777C8

analogous

#C87057 #C8A857 #B0C857

triadic

#C8A857 #57C8A8 #A857C8

tetradic

#C8A857 #57C870 #5777C8 #C857B0

square

#C8A857 #57C870 #5777C8 #C857B0

split-complementary

#C8A857 #57B0C8 #7057C8

monochromatic

#7C6429 #AA8A38 #C8A857 #D7C085 #E6D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A857

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A857	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc189',
    500: '#c8a857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a857;
$custom-light: #dbc189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.009,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A857

secondary

#A6B3D5

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A857

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

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