#C8A858#C8A858

#C8A858 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A858
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 88)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 1.97, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 45.19, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0039 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.106 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5852, 40.9913, 15.0577)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A858 #5878C8

analogous

#C87058 #C8A858 #B0C858

triadic

#C8A858 #58C8A8 #A858C8

tetradic

#C8A858 #58C870 #5878C8 #C858B0

square

#C8A858 #58C870 #5878C8 #C858B0

split-complementary

#C8A858 #58B0C8 #7058C8

monochromatic

#7D6529 #AB8A38 #C8A858 #D7C086 #E6D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C8A858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A858

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A858	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc189',
    500: '#c8a858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a858;
$custom-light: #dbc189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74363,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A858

secondary

#A7B4D5

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A858

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

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