#C8AA66#C8AA66

#C8AA66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.094 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA66
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 2.13, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 38.98, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.006 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.094 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5939, 41.9901, 18.5345)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA66 #6684C8

analogous

#C87966 #C8AA66 #B5C866

triadic

#C8AA66 #66C8AA #AA66C8

tetradic

#C8AA66 #66C879 #6684C8 #C866B5

square

#C8AA66 #66C879 #6684C8 #C866B5

split-complementary

#C8AA66 #66B5C8 #7966C8

monochromatic

#846A2F #B18E40 #C8AA66 #D8C393 #E8DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8AA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA66

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA66	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.094 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc393',
    500: '#c8aa66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa66;
$custom-light: #dbc393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA66

secondary

#B2BDD8

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA66

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

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