#C8AA52#C8AA52

#C8AA52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA52
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 0.44, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 48.58, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0013 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.113 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7189, 41.6401, 13.9262)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA52 #5270C8

analogous

#C86F52 #C8AA52 #ABC852

triadic

#C8AA52 #52C8AA #AA52C8

tetradic

#C8AA52 #52C86F #5270C8 #C852AB

square

#C8AA52 #52C86F #5270C8 #C852AB

split-complementary

#C8AA52 #52ABC8 #6F52C8

monochromatic

#796427 #A88A35 #C8AA52 #D7C180 #E6D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8AA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA52

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA52	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)

#BAA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc385',
    500: '#c8aa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa52;
$custom-light: #dcc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA52

secondary

#A2AFD4

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA52

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

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