#C8A959#C8A959

#C8A959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A959
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 1.52, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 44.99, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0027 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.106 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8122, 41.3786, 15.3391)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A959 #5978C8

analogous

#C87259 #C8A959 #B0C859

triadic

#C8A959 #59C8A9 #A959C8

tetradic

#C8A959 #59C872 #5978C8 #C859B0

square

#C8A959 #59C872 #5978C8 #C859B0

split-complementary

#C8A959 #59B0C8 #7259C8

monochromatic

#7D6629 #AB8B39 #C8A959 #D7C187 #E6D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8A959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A959

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A959	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc28a',
    500: '#c8a959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a959;
$custom-light: #dbc28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.243,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A959

secondary

#A8B4D5

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A959

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

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