#C8AD73#C8AD73

#C8AD73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.082 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD73
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 1.83, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 33.43, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0064 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.082 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8587, 43.4061, 22.3897)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD73 #738EC8

analogous

#C88373 #C8AD73 #B9C873

triadic

#C8AD73 #73C8AD #AD73C8

tetradic

#C8AD73 #73C883 #738EC8 #C873B9

square

#C8AD73 #73C883 #738EC8 #C873B9

split-complementary

#C8AD73 #73B9C8 #8373C8

monochromatic

#8A7036 #B69348 #C8AD73 #D9C79F #EBE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8AD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD73

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD73	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)

#BAAC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.082 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac59c',
    500: '#c8ad73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad73;
$custom-light: #dac59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.941,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD73

secondary

#BCC6DB

accent

#5AB72F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD73

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

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