#C8A970#C8A970

#C8A970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.083 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A970
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 44%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 3.66, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.77, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0114 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.083 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9333, 41.8271, 21.2434)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A970 #708FC8

analogous

#C87D70 #C8A970 #BBC870

triadic

#C8A970 #70C8A9 #A970C8

tetradic

#C8A970 #70C87D #708FC8 #C870BB

square

#C8A970 #70C87D #708FC8 #C870BB

split-complementary

#C8A970 #70BBC8 #7D70C8

monochromatic

#896B35 #B58E46 #C8A970 #D9C49C #EADEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A970

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A970	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.083 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29a',
    500: '#c8a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a970;
$custom-light: #dac29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.864,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74926,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A970

secondary

#B9C5DA

accent

#5EB82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A970

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

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