#C8AA57#C8AA57

#C8AA57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA57
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 0.83, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 46.24, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0004 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.108 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9161, 41.7190, 14.9650)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA57 #5775C8

analogous

#C87257 #C8AA57 #AEC857

triadic

#C8AA57 #57C8AA #AA57C8

tetradic

#C8AA57 #57C872 #5775C8 #C857AE

square

#C8AA57 #57C872 #5775C8 #C857AE

split-complementary

#C8AA57 #57AEC8 #7257C8

monochromatic

#7C6629 #AA8C38 #C8AA57 #D7C185 #E6D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C8AA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA57

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA57	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc389',
    500: '#c8aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa57;
$custom-light: #dbc389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA57

secondary

#A6B2D5

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA57

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

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