#C8A85E#C8A85E

#C8A85E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A85E
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 2.47, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 42.31, 86.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0061 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.101 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8441, 41.0948, 16.4209)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A85E #5E7EC8

analogous

#C8735E #C8A85E #B3C85E

triadic

#C8A85E #5EC8A8 #A85EC8

tetradic

#C8A85E #5EC873 #5E7EC8 #C85EB3

square

#C8A85E #5EC873 #5E7EC8 #C85EB3

split-complementary

#C8A85E #5EB3C8 #735EC8

monochromatic

#80662C #AE8B3B #C8A85E #D8C18C #E7D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A85E

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A85E	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)

#B8A758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc18d',
    500: '#c8a85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a85e;
$custom-light: #dbc18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74444,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A85E

secondary

#ACB8D6

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A85E

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

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