#C8AA65#C8AA65

#C8AA65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.095 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA65
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 2.03, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 39.47, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0056 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.095 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5446, 41.9704, 18.2749)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA65 #6583C8

analogous

#C87965 #C8AA65 #B5C865

triadic

#C8AA65 #65C8AA #AA65C8

tetradic

#C8AA65 #65C879 #6583C8 #C865B5

square

#C8AA65 #65C879 #6583C8 #C865B5

split-complementary

#C8AA65 #65B5C8 #7965C8

monochromatic

#846A2F #B18E3F #C8AA65 #D8C392 #E8DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C8AA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA65

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA65	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.095 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc392',
    500: '#c8aa65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa65;
$custom-light: #dbc392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA65

secondary

#B1BDD8

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA65

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

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