#C8A95E#C8A95E

#C8A95E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A95E
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 1.94, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 42.59, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0045 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.101 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0294, 41.4655, 16.4827)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A95E #5E7DC8

analogous

#C8745E #C8A95E #B2C85E

triadic

#C8A95E #5EC8A9 #A95EC8

tetradic

#C8A95E #5EC874 #5E7DC8 #C85EB2

square

#C8A95E #5EC874 #5E7DC8 #C85EB2

split-complementary

#C8A95E #5EB2C8 #745EC8

monochromatic

#80672C #AE8C3B #C8A95E #D8C18C #E7DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C8A95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A95E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A95E	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc28d',
    500: '#c8a95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a95e;
$custom-light: #dbc28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.453,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74648,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A95E

secondary

#ACB8D6

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A95E

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

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