#C8A85D#C8A85D

#C8A85D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A85D
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 2.39, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 42.79, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0057 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.101 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7995, 41.0770, 16.1861)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A85D #5D7DC8

analogous

#C8725D #C8A85D #B3C85D

triadic

#C8A85D #5DC8A8 #A85DC8

tetradic

#C8A85D #5DC872 #5D7DC8 #C85DB3

square

#C8A85D #5DC872 #5D7DC8 #C85DB3

split-complementary

#C8A85D #5DB3C8 #725DC8

monochromatic

#7F662B #AD8B3B #C8A85D #D8C18B #E7D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A85D

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A85D	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc18d',
    500: '#c8a85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a85d;
$custom-light: #dbc18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A85D

secondary

#ABB8D6

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A85D

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

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