#C8AE64#C8AE64

#C8AE64 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE64
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 100)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 50%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -0.19, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 41.19, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.001 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.099 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2572, 43.4734, 18.2722)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE64 #647EC8

analogous

#C87C64 #C8AE64 #B0C864

triadic

#C8AE64 #64C8AE #AE64C8

tetradic

#C8AE64 #64C87C #647EC8 #C864B0

square

#C8AE64 #64C87C #647EC8 #C864B0

split-complementary

#C8AE64 #64B0C8 #7C64C8

monochromatic

#836D2F #B0933F #C8AE64 #D8C691 #E8DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8AE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE64

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE64	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)

#BDAC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc691',
    500: '#c8ae64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae64;
$custom-light: #dbc691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE64

secondary

#B0BAD8

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE64

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

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