#C8AC59#C8AC59

#C8AC59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC59
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -0.08, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 45.89, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0019 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.108 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.3768, 42.5077, 15.5273)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC59 #5975C8

analogous

#C87559 #C8AC59 #ADC859

triadic

#C8AC59 #59C8AC #AC59C8

tetradic

#C8AC59 #59C875 #5975C8 #C859AD

square

#C8AC59 #59C875 #5975C8 #C859AD

split-complementary

#C8AC59 #59ADC8 #7559C8

monochromatic

#7D6829 #AB8E39 #C8AC59 #D7C387 #E6DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC59

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC59	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc48a',
    500: '#c8ac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac59;
$custom-light: #dbc48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.865,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75195,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC59

secondary

#A8B3D5

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC59

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

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