#C8A861#C8A861

#C8A861 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A861
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 2.74, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 40.85, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0072 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.098 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9813, 41.1497, 17.1437)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A861 #6181C8

analogous

#C87461 #C8A861 #B4C861

triadic

#C8A861 #61C8A8 #A861C8

tetradic

#C8A861 #61C874 #6181C8 #C861B4

square

#C8A861 #61C874 #6181C8 #C861B4

split-complementary

#C8A861 #61B4C8 #7461C8

monochromatic

#82672D #AF8B3D #C8A861 #D8C18E #E8DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A861

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A861	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc18f',
    500: '#c8a861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a861;
$custom-light: #dbc18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.359,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74487,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A861

secondary

#AEBBD7

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A861

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

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