#C8AB59#C8AB59

#C8AB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB59
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 0.45, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 45.58, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0004 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.107 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1872, 42.1285, 15.4641)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB59 #5976C8

analogous

#C87459 #C8AB59 #AEC859

triadic

#C8AB59 #59C8AB #AB59C8

tetradic

#C8AB59 #59C874 #5976C8 #C859AE

square

#C8AB59 #59C874 #5976C8 #C859AE

split-complementary

#C8AB59 #59AEC8 #7459C8

monochromatic

#7D6729 #AB8D39 #C8AB59 #D7C287 #E6DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB59

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB59	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)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38a',
    500: '#c8ab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab59;
$custom-light: #dbc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.324,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7499,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB59

secondary

#A8B4D5

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB59

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

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