#C8AC5A#C8AC5A

#C8AC5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC5A
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 0.00, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 45.41, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0016 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.107 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4190, 42.5246, 15.7499)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC5A #5A76C8

analogous

#C8755A #C8AC5A #ADC85A

triadic

#C8AC5A #5AC8AC #AC5AC8

tetradic

#C8AC5A #5AC875 #5A76C8 #C85AAD

square

#C8AC5A #5AC875 #5A76C8 #C85AAD

split-complementary

#C8AC5A #5AADC8 #755AC8

monochromatic

#7E682A #AC8E39 #C8AC5A #D7C388 #E7DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC5A

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC5A	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)

#BCAA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc48b',
    500: '#c8ac5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac5a;
$custom-light: #dbc48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75208,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC5A

secondary

#A8B4D5

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC5A

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

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