#C8A955#C8A955

#C8A955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A955
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 1.20, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 46.89, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0013 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.11 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6488, 41.3133, 14.4784)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A955 #5574C8

analogous

#C86F55 #C8A955 #ADC855

triadic

#C8A955 #55C8A9 #A955C8

tetradic

#C8A955 #55C86F #5574C8 #C855AD

square

#C8A955 #55C86F #5574C8 #C855AD

split-complementary

#C8A955 #55ADC8 #6F55C8

monochromatic

#7B6428 #A98A37 #C8A955 #D7C083 #E6D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A955

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A955	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)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc287',
    500: '#c8a955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a955;
$custom-light: #dbc287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.826,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A955

secondary

#A5B1D4

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A955

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

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