#C8A963#C8A963

#C8A963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.096 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A963
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 2.38, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 40.16, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0064 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.096 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2610, 41.5581, 17.7028)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A963 #6382C8

analogous

#C87663 #C8A963 #B4C863

triadic

#C8A963 #63C8A9 #A963C8

tetradic

#C8A963 #63C876 #6382C8 #C863B4

square

#C8A963 #63C876 #6382C8 #C863B4

split-complementary

#C8A963 #63B4C8 #7663C8

monochromatic

#83692E #B08D3E #C8A963 #D8C290 #E8DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8A963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A963

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A963	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)

#B8A85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.096 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc291',
    500: '#c8a963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a963;
$custom-light: #dbc291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.584,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A963

secondary

#AFBCD7

accent

#7AD750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A963

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

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