#C8A960#C8A960

#C8A960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A960
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 2.11, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 41.62, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0052 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.099 87)
XYZ	xyz(40.1203, 41.5018, 16.9615)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A960 #607FC8

analogous

#C87560 #C8A960 #B3C860

triadic

#C8A960 #60C8A9 #A960C8

tetradic

#C8A960 #60C875 #607FC8 #C860B3

square

#C8A960 #60C875 #607FC8 #C860B3

split-complementary

#C8A960 #60B3C8 #7560C8

monochromatic

#81682D #AE8C3C #C8A960 #D8C28D #E7DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A960

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A960	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc28f',
    500: '#c8a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a960;
$custom-light: #dbc28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.115,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A960

secondary

#ADBAD7

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A960

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

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