#C8AA5F#C8AA5F

#C8AA5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA5F
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 95)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 1.49, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 42.40, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0033 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.101 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2613, 41.8570, 16.7828)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA5F #5F7DC8

analogous

#C8755F #C8AA5F #B1C85F

triadic

#C8AA5F #5FC8AA #AA5FC8

tetradic

#C8AA5F #5FC875 #5F7DC8 #C85FB1

square

#C8AA5F #5FC875 #5F7DC8 #C85FB1

split-complementary

#C8AA5F #5FB1C8 #755FC8

monochromatic

#80682C #AE8D3C #C8AA5F #D8C28D #E7DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA5F

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA5F	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)

#B9A859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38e',
    500: '#c8aa5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa5f;
$custom-light: #dbc38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA5F

secondary

#ACB8D6

accent

#77D84F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA5F

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

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