#C8AA56#C8AA56

#C8AA56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA56
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 0.75, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 46.71, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0001 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.109 90)
XYZ	xyz(39.8756, 41.7028, 14.7514)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA56 #5674C8

analogous

#C87156 #C8AA56 #ADC856

triadic

#C8AA56 #56C8AA #AA56C8

tetradic

#C8AA56 #56C871 #5674C8 #C856AD

square

#C8AA56 #56C871 #5674C8 #C856AD

split-complementary

#C8AA56 #56ADC8 #7156C8

monochromatic

#7B6628 #AA8B37 #C8AA56 #D7C184 #E6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C8AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA56

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA56	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc388',
    500: '#c8aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa56;
$custom-light: #dbc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.41701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA56

secondary

#A5B2D4

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA56

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

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