#C8A956#C8A956

#C8A956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A956
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 1.28, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 46.42, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0016 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.109 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6888, 41.3293, 14.6891)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A956 #5675C8

analogous

#C87056 #C8A956 #AEC856

triadic

#C8A956 #56C8A9 #A956C8

tetradic

#C8A956 #56C870 #5675C8 #C856AE

square

#C8A956 #56C870 #5675C8 #C856AE

split-complementary

#C8A956 #56AEC8 #7056C8

monochromatic

#7B6528 #AA8A37 #C8A956 #D7C084 #E6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8A956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A956

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A956	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc288',
    500: '#c8a956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a956;
$custom-light: #dbc288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A956

secondary

#A5B2D4

accent

#74DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A956

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

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