#C8A94E#C8A94E

#C8A94E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A94E
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 0.69, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 50.14, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0011 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.116 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3844, 41.2075, 13.0856)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A94E #4E6DC8

analogous

#C86C4E #C8A94E #AAC84E

triadic

#C8A94E #4EC8A9 #A94EC8

tetradic

#C8A94E #4EC86C #4E6DC8 #C84EAA

square

#C8A94E #4EC86C #4E6DC8 #C84EAA

split-complementary

#C8A94E #4EAAC8 #6C4EC8

monochromatic

#776225 #A58833 #C8A94E #D7C07D #E5D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C8A94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A94E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A94E	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)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc283',
    500: '#c8a94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a94e;
$custom-light: #dcc283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A94E

secondary

#9FACD3

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A94E

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

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