#C8AE69#C8AE69

#C8AE69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.093 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE69
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 0.28, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 38.73, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0009 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.093 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5066, 43.5732, 19.5860)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE69 #6983C8

analogous

#C87F69 #C8AE69 #B2C869

triadic

#C8AE69 #69C8AE #AE69C8

tetradic

#C8AE69 #69C87F #6983C8 #C869B2

square

#C8AE69 #69C87F #6983C8 #C869B2

split-complementary

#C8AE69 #69B2C8 #7F69C8

monochromatic

#866E31 #B29341 #C8AE69 #D8C696 #E9DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8AE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE69

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE69	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.093 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac695',
    500: '#c8ae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae69;
$custom-light: #dac695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7583,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE69

secondary

#B4BED9

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE69

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

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