#C8A866#C8A866

#C8A866 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.093 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A866
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 102)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 3.20, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 38.41, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0091 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.093 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2218, 41.2459, 18.4104)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A866 #6686C8

analogous

#C87766 #C8A866 #B7C866

triadic

#C8A866 #66C8A8 #A866C8

tetradic

#C8A866 #66C877 #6686C8 #C866B7

square

#C8A866 #66C877 #6686C8 #C866B7

split-complementary

#C8A866 #66B7C8 #7766C8

monochromatic

#84682F #B18C40 #C8A866 #D8C293 #E8DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A866

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A866	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.093 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc193',
    500: '#c8a866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a866;
$custom-light: #dbc193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A866

secondary

#B2BED8

accent

#7DD751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A866

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

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