#C8AA69#C8AA69

#C8AA69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.091 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA69
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 105)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 2.41, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 37.51, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0071 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.091 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7454, 42.0507, 19.3323)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA69 #6987C8

analogous

#C87B69 #C8AA69 #B6C869

triadic

#C8AA69 #69C8AA #AA69C8

tetradic

#C8AA69 #69C87B #6987C8 #C869B6

square

#C8AA69 #69C87B #6987C8 #C869B6

split-complementary

#C8AA69 #69B6C8 #7B69C8

monochromatic

#866B31 #B28F41 #C8AA69 #D8C396 #E9DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C8AA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA69

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA69	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.091 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc395',
    500: '#c8aa69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa69;
$custom-light: #dbc395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA69

secondary

#B4C0D9

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA69

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

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