#C8AB5B#C8AB5B

#C8AB5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB5B
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 0.62, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 44.63, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0003 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.105 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2723, 42.1625, 15.9124)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB5B #5B78C8

analogous

#C8755B #C8AB5B #AEC85B

triadic

#C8AB5B #5BC8AB #AB5BC8

tetradic

#C8AB5B #5BC875 #5B78C8 #C85BAE

square

#C8AB5B #5BC875 #5B78C8 #C85BAE

split-complementary

#C8AB5B #5BAEC8 #755BC8

monochromatic

#7E682A #AC8E3A #C8AB5B #D7C289 #E7DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB5B

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB5B	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)

#BBA954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc38b',
    500: '#c8ab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab5b;
$custom-light: #dbc38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.037,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB5B

secondary

#A9B5D6

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB5B

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

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