#C8A869#C8A869

#C8A869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A869
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 3.49, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 36.94, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0102 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.09 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3733, 41.3065, 19.2082)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A869 #6989C8

analogous

#C87869 #C8A869 #B9C869

triadic

#C8A869 #69C8A8 #A869C8

tetradic

#C8A869 #69C878 #6989C8 #C869B9

square

#C8A869 #69C878 #6989C8 #C869B9

split-complementary

#C8A869 #69B9C8 #7869C8

monochromatic

#866931 #B28C41 #C8A869 #D8C296 #E9DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A869

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A869	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc195',
    500: '#c8a869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a869;
$custom-light: #dbc195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.789,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A869

secondary

#B4C0D9

accent

#7ED652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A869

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

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