#C8AA53#C8AA53

#C8AA53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA53
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 0.52, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 48.12, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0009 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.112 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7572, 41.6554, 14.1281)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA53 #5371C8

analogous

#C86F53 #C8AA53 #ACC853

triadic

#C8AA53 #53C8AA #AA53C8

tetradic

#C8AA53 #53C86F #5371C8 #C853AC

square

#C8AA53 #53C86F #5371C8 #C853AC

split-complementary

#C8AA53 #53ACC8 #6F53C8

monochromatic

#7A6427 #A88B36 #C8AA53 #D7C181 #E6D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8AA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA53

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA53	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)

#BAA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc386',
    500: '#c8aa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa53;
$custom-light: #dbc386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA53

secondary

#A3B0D4

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA53

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

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