#C8AA60#C8AA60

#C8AA60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA60
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 96)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 1.58, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 41.91, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0037 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.1 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3070, 41.8753, 17.0237)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA60 #607EC8

analogous

#C87660 #C8AA60 #B2C860

triadic

#C8AA60 #60C8AA #AA60C8

tetradic

#C8AA60 #60C876 #607EC8 #C860B2

square

#C8AA60 #60C876 #607EC8 #C860B2

split-complementary

#C8AA60 #60B2C8 #7660C8

monochromatic

#81692D #AE8E3C #C8AA60 #D8C28D #E7DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA60

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA60	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)

#B9A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38f',
    500: '#c8aa60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa60;
$custom-light: #dbc38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.692,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74879,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA60

secondary

#ADB9D7

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA60

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

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