#C8A951#C8A951

#C8A951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A951
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 0.90, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 48.76, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0001 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.113 90)
XYZ	xyz(39.4944, 41.2515, 13.6651)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A951 #5170C8

analogous

#C86E51 #C8A951 #ABC851

triadic

#C8A951 #51C8A9 #A951C8

tetradic

#C8A951 #51C86E #5170C8 #C851AB

square

#C8A951 #51C86E #5170C8 #C851AB

split-complementary

#C8A951 #51ABC8 #6E51C8

monochromatic

#796326 #A78935 #C8A951 #D7C080 #E5D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A951

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A951	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)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc285',
    500: '#c8a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a951;
$custom-light: #dcc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.37,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.41249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A951

secondary

#A1AED3

accent

#72DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A951

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

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