#C8A962#C8A962

#C8A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.097 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A962
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 2.29, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 40.65, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.006 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.097 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2135, 41.5391, 17.4526)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A962 #6281C8

analogous

#C87662 #C8A962 #B4C862

triadic

#C8A962 #62C8A9 #A962C8

tetradic

#C8A962 #62C876 #6281C8 #C862B4

square

#C8A962 #62C876 #6281C8 #C862B4

split-complementary

#C8A962 #62B4C8 #7662C8

monochromatic

#82682E #AF8D3D #C8A962 #D8C28F #E8DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A962

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A962	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.097 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc290',
    500: '#c8a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a962;
$custom-light: #dbc290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.765,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74704,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A962

secondary

#AFBBD7

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A962

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

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