#C8AE66#C8AE66

#C8AE66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.096 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE66
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -0.01, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 40.21, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0003 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.096 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3552, 43.5126, 18.7882)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE66 #6680C8

analogous

#C87D66 #C8AE66 #B1C866

triadic

#C8AE66 #66C8AE #AE66C8

tetradic

#C8AE66 #66C87D #6680C8 #C866B1

square

#C8AE66 #66C87D #6680C8 #C866B1

split-complementary

#C8AE66 #66B1C8 #7D66C8

monochromatic

#846E2F #B19340 #C8AE66 #D8C693 #E8DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8AE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE66

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE66	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.096 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc693',
    500: '#c8ae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae66;
$custom-light: #dbc693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE66

secondary

#B2BCD8

accent

#75D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE66

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

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