#C8AA51#C8AA51

#C8AA51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA51
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 0.37, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 49.05, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0016 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.114 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6811, 41.6250, 13.7273)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA51 #516FC8

analogous

#C86F51 #C8AA51 #AAC851

triadic

#C8AA51 #51C8AA #AA51C8

tetradic

#C8AA51 #51C86F #516FC8 #C851AA

square

#C8AA51 #51C86F #516FC8 #C851AA

split-complementary

#C8AA51 #51AAC8 #6F51C8

monochromatic

#796426 #A78A35 #C8AA51 #D7C180 #E5D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8AA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA51

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA51	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)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc385',
    500: '#c8aa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa51;
$custom-light: #dcc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA51

secondary

#A1AED3

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA51

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

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