#C8AD5E#C8AD5E

#C8AD5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD5E
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -0.19, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 43.80, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0017 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.104 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7849, 42.9766, 16.7345)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD5E #5E79C8

analogous

#C8785E #C8AD5E #AEC85E

triadic

#C8AD5E #5EC8AD #AD5EC8

tetradic

#C8AD5E #5EC878 #5E79C8 #C85EAE

square

#C8AD5E #5EC878 #5E79C8 #C85EAE

split-complementary

#C8AD5E #5EAEC8 #785EC8

monochromatic

#806A2C #AE903B #C8AD5E #D8C48C #E7DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8AD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD5E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD5E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58d',
    500: '#c8ad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad5e;
$custom-light: #dbc58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.717,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75466,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD5E

secondary

#ACB6D6

accent

#72D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD5E

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

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