#C8AE62#C8AE62

#C8AE62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.101 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE62
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -0.37, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 42.17, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0018 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.101 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.1616, 43.4352, 17.7686)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE62 #627CC8

analogous

#C87B62 #C8AE62 #AFC862

triadic

#C8AE62 #62C8AE #AE62C8

tetradic

#C8AE62 #62C87B #627CC8 #C862AF

square

#C8AE62 #62C87B #627CC8 #C862AF

split-complementary

#C8AE62 #62AFC8 #7B62C8

monochromatic

#826D2E #AF923D #C8AE62 #D8C58F #E8DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8AE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE62

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE62	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.101 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc690',
    500: '#c8ae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae62;
$custom-light: #dbc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75727,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.43433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE62

secondary

#AFB9D7

accent

#73D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE62

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

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