#C8A85B#C8A85B

#C8A85B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A85B
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 2.22, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 43.75, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.005 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.103 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7120, 41.0420, 15.7257)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A85B #5B7BC8

analogous

#C8715B #C8A85B #B2C85B

triadic

#C8A85B #5BC8A8 #A85BC8

tetradic

#C8A85B #5BC871 #5B7BC8 #C85BB2

square

#C8A85B #5BC871 #5B7BC8 #C85BB2

split-complementary

#C8A85B #5BB2C8 #715BC8

monochromatic

#7E662A #AC8B3A #C8A85B #D7C089 #E7D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A85B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A85B	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc18b',
    500: '#c8a85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a85b;
$custom-light: #dbc18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74403,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A85B

secondary

#A9B6D6

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A85B

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

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