#C8AE6E#C8AE6E

#C8AE6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.088 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE6E
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 0.78, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 36.24, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0028 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.088 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7712, 43.6791, 20.9795)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE6E #6E88C8

analogous

#C8816E #C8AE6E #B5C86E

triadic

#C8AE6E #6EC8AE #AE6EC8

tetradic

#C8AE6E #6EC881 #6E88C8 #C86EB5

square

#C8AE6E #6EC881 #6E88C8 #C86EB5

split-complementary

#C8AE6E #6EB5C8 #816EC8

monochromatic

#887034 #B49444 #C8AE6E #D9C79A #EAE0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8AE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE6E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE6E	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.088 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac698',
    500: '#c8ae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae6e;
$custom-light: #dac698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE6E

secondary

#B8C2DA

accent

#55B82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE6E

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

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