#C8A953#C8A953

#C8A953 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A953
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 1.05, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 47.83, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0006 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.111 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5705, 41.2819, 14.0659)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A953 #5372C8

analogous

#C86F53 #C8A953 #ACC853

triadic

#C8A953 #53C8A9 #A953C8

tetradic

#C8A953 #53C86F #5372C8 #C853AC

square

#C8A953 #53C86F #5372C8 #C853AC

split-complementary

#C8A953 #53ACC8 #6F53C8

monochromatic

#7A6427 #A88A36 #C8A953 #D7C081 #E6D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A953

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A953	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)

#B9A74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc286',
    500: '#c8a953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a953;
$custom-light: #dbc286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.103,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A953

secondary

#A3B0D4

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A953

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

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