#C8AD72#C8AD72

#C8AD72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.083 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD72
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 1.73, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 33.93, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.006 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.083 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8015, 43.3832, 22.0883)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD72 #728DC8

analogous

#C88272 #C8AD72 #B8C872

triadic

#C8AD72 #72C8AD #AD72C8

tetradic

#C8AD72 #72C882 #728DC8 #C872B8

square

#C8AD72 #72C882 #728DC8 #C872B8

split-complementary

#C8AD72 #72B8C8 #8272C8

monochromatic

#8A6F36 #B69347 #C8AD72 #D9C79E #EAE0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8AD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD72

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD72	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.083 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac59b',
    500: '#c8ad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad72;
$custom-light: #dac59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.163,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD72

secondary

#BBC5DB

accent

#59B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD72

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

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