#C8AA6E#C8AA6E

#C8AA6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.086 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA6E
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 2.91, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 35.04, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0091 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.086 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0099, 42.1565, 20.7257)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA6E #6E8CC8

analogous

#C87D6E #C8AA6E #B9C86E

triadic

#C8AA6E #6EC8AA #AA6EC8

tetradic

#C8AA6E #6EC87D #6E8CC8 #C86EB9

square

#C8AA6E #6EC87D #6E8CC8 #C86EB9

split-complementary

#C8AA6E #6EB9C8 #7D6EC8

monochromatic

#886C34 #B48F44 #C8AA6E #D9C49A #EADEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AA6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AA6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA6E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA6E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.086 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac398',
    500: '#c8aa6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa6e;
$custom-light: #dac398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA6E

secondary

#B8C3DA

accent

#5CB82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA6E

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

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