#C8A952#C8A952

#C8A952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A952
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 0.98, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 48.29, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0003 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.112 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5322, 41.2666, 13.8640)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A952 #5271C8

analogous

#C86E52 #C8A952 #ACC852

triadic

#C8A952 #52C8A9 #A952C8

tetradic

#C8A952 #52C86E #5271C8 #C852AC

square

#C8A952 #52C86E #5271C8 #C852AC

split-complementary

#C8A952 #52ACC8 #6E52C8

monochromatic

#796327 #A88A35 #C8A952 #D7C080 #E6D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A952

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A952	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)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc285',
    500: '#c8a952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a952;
$custom-light: #dcc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.237,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A952

secondary

#A2AFD4

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A952

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

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