#C8A859#C8A859

#C8A859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A859
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 2.05, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 44.71, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0043 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.105 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6269, 41.0080, 15.2773)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A859 #5979C8

analogous

#C87159 #C8A859 #B0C859

triadic

#C8A859 #59C8A8 #A859C8

tetradic

#C8A859 #59C871 #5979C8 #C859B0

square

#C8A859 #59C871 #5979C8 #C859B0

split-complementary

#C8A859 #59B0C8 #7159C8

monochromatic

#7D6529 #AB8A39 #C8A859 #D7C087 #E6D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C8A859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A859

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A859	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)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc18a',
    500: '#c8a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a859;
$custom-light: #dbc18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.703,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A859

secondary

#A8B5D5

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A859

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

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