#C8A965#C8A965

#C8A965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.094 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A965
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 2.57, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 39.18, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0071 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.094 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3578, 41.5969, 18.2126)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A965 #6584C8

analogous

#C87865 #C8A965 #B6C865

triadic

#C8A965 #65C8A9 #A965C8

tetradic

#C8A965 #65C878 #6584C8 #C865B6

square

#C8A965 #65C878 #6584C8 #C865B6

split-complementary

#C8A965 #65B6C8 #7865C8

monochromatic

#84692F #B18D3F #C8A965 #D8C292 #E8DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8A965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A965

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A965	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.094 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc292',
    500: '#c8a965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a965;
$custom-light: #dbc292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.212,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A965

secondary

#B1BDD8

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A965

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

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