#C8A862#C8A862

#C8A862 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A862
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 2.83, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 40.37, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0076 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.097 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0282, 41.1685, 17.3908)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A862 #6282C8

analogous

#C87562 #C8A862 #B5C862

triadic

#C8A862 #62C8A8 #A862C8

tetradic

#C8A862 #62C875 #6282C8 #C862B5

square

#C8A862 #62C875 #6282C8 #C862B5

split-complementary

#C8A862 #62B5C8 #7562C8

monochromatic

#82682E #AF8C3D #C8A862 #D8C18F #E8DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A862

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A862	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc190',
    500: '#c8a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a862;
$custom-light: #dbc190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.176,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74501,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A862

secondary

#AFBBD7

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A862

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

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