#C8AE63#C8AE63

#C8AE63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE63
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -0.28, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 41.68, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0014 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.1 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2091, 43.4542, 18.0188)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE63 #637DC8

analogous

#C87B63 #C8AE63 #AFC863

triadic

#C8AE63 #63C8AE #AE63C8

tetradic

#C8AE63 #63C87B #637DC8 #C863AF

square

#C8AE63 #63C87B #637DC8 #C863AF

split-complementary

#C8AE63 #63AFC8 #7B63C8

monochromatic

#836D2E #B0933E #C8AE63 #D8C590 #E8DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8AE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE63

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE63	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)

#BDAC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc691',
    500: '#c8ae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae63;
$custom-light: #dbc691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE63

secondary

#AFBAD7

accent

#73D750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE63

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

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