#C8A863#C8A863

#C8A863 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A863
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 99)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 2.92, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 39.88, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0079 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.096 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0757, 41.1875, 17.6410)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A863 #6383C8

analogous

#C87563 #C8A863 #B5C863

triadic

#C8A863 #63C8A8 #A863C8

tetradic

#C8A863 #63C875 #6383C8 #C863B5

square

#C8A863 #63C875 #6383C8 #C863B5

split-complementary

#C8A863 #63B5C8 #7563C8

monochromatic

#83682E #B08C3E #C8A863 #D8C190 #E8DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C8A863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A863

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A863	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc191',
    500: '#c8a863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a863;
$custom-light: #dbc191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.99,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A863

secondary

#AFBCD7

accent

#7BD750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A863

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

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