#C8AD66#C8AD66

#C8AD66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.096 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD66
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 0.52, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 39.89, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0013 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.096 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1627, 43.1277, 18.7241)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD66 #6681C8

analogous

#C87C66 #C8AD66 #B2C866

triadic

#C8AD66 #66C8AD #AD66C8

tetradic

#C8AD66 #66C87C #6681C8 #C866B2

square

#C8AD66 #66C87C #6681C8 #C866B2

split-complementary

#C8AD66 #66B2C8 #7C66C8

monochromatic

#846D2F #B19240 #C8AD66 #D8C593 #E8DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD66

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD66	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.096 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc593',
    500: '#c8ad66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad66;
$custom-light: #dbc593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.469,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7558,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD66

secondary

#B2BCD8

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD66

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

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