#C8A969#C8A969

#C8A969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.090 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A969
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 2.95, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 37.22, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0087 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.09 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5586, 41.6772, 19.2700)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A969 #6988C8

analogous

#C87A69 #C8A969 #B7C869

triadic

#C8A969 #69C8A9 #A969C8

tetradic

#C8A969 #69C87A #6988C8 #C869B7

square

#C8A969 #69C87A #6988C8 #C869B7

split-complementary

#C8A969 #69B7C8 #7A69C8

monochromatic

#866A31 #B28E41 #C8A969 #D8C396 #E9DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8A969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A969

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A969	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.090 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc295',
    500: '#c8a969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a969;
$custom-light: #dbc295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74811,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A969

secondary

#B4C0D9

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A969

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

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