#C8AA5E#C8AA5E

#C8AA5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA5E
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 1.40, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 42.88, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.003 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.102 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2161, 41.8390, 16.5449)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA5E #5E7CC8

analogous

#C8755E #C8AA5E #B1C85E

triadic

#C8AA5E #5EC8AA #AA5EC8

tetradic

#C8AA5E #5EC875 #5E7CC8 #C85EB1

square

#C8AA5E #5EC875 #5E7CC8 #C85EB1

split-complementary

#C8AA5E #5EB1C8 #755EC8

monochromatic

#80682C #AE8D3B #C8AA5E #D8C28C #E7DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA5E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA5E	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38d',
    500: '#c8aa5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa5e;
$custom-light: #dbc38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.019,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA5E

secondary

#ACB8D6

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA5E

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

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