#C8AB56#C8AB56

#C8AB56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB56
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 0.21, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 47.01, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0015 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.11 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0637, 42.0791, 14.8141)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB56 #5673C8

analogous

#C87256 #C8AB56 #ACC856

triadic

#C8AB56 #56C8AB #AB56C8

tetradic

#C8AB56 #56C872 #5673C8 #C856AC

square

#C8AB56 #56C872 #5673C8 #C856AC

split-complementary

#C8AB56 #56ACC8 #7256C8

monochromatic

#7B6628 #AA8C37 #C8AB56 #D7C284 #E6D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8AB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB56

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB56	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc388',
    500: '#c8ab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab56;
$custom-light: #dbc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB56

secondary

#A5B1D4

accent

#71DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB56

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

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