#C8A966#C8A966

#C8A966 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.093 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A966
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 102)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 2.66, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 38.69, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0075 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.093 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4071, 41.6166, 18.4722)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A966 #6685C8

analogous

#C87866 #C8A966 #B6C866

triadic

#C8A966 #66C8A9 #A966C8

tetradic

#C8A966 #66C878 #6685C8 #C866B6

square

#C8A966 #66C878 #6685C8 #C866B6

split-complementary

#C8A966 #66B6C8 #7866C8

monochromatic

#84692F #B18D40 #C8A966 #D8C293 #E8DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8A966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A966

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A966	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)

#B8A861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.093 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc293',
    500: '#c8a966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a966;
$custom-light: #dbc293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.02,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74764,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A966

secondary

#B2BED8

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A966

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

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