#C8AC69#C8AC69

#C8AC69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC69
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 1.34, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 38.10, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.004 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.092 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1231, 42.8062, 19.4582)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC69 #6985C8

analogous

#C87D69 #C8AC69 #B4C869

triadic

#C8AC69 #69C8AC #AC69C8

tetradic

#C8AC69 #69C87D #6985C8 #C869B4

square

#C8AC69 #69C87D #6985C8 #C869B4

split-complementary

#C8AC69 #69B4C8 #7D69C8

monochromatic

#866D31 #B29141 #C8AC69 #D8C596 #E9DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC69

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC69	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac495',
    500: '#c8ac69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac69;
$custom-light: #dac495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC69

secondary

#B4BFD9

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC69

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

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