#C8AA61#C8AA61

#C8AA61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA61
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 51.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 1.67, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 41.43, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0041 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.099 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3534, 41.8939, 17.2677)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA61 #617FC8

analogous

#C87661 #C8AA61 #B3C861

triadic

#C8AA61 #61C8AA #AA61C8

tetradic

#C8AA61 #61C876 #617FC8 #C861B3

square

#C8AA61 #61C876 #617FC8 #C861B3

split-complementary

#C8AA61 #61B3C8 #7661C8

monochromatic

#82692D #AF8E3D #C8AA61 #D8C28E #E8DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C8AA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA61

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA61	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38f',
    500: '#c8aa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa61;
$custom-light: #dbc38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA61

secondary

#AEBAD7

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA61

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

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