#C8AE71#C8AE71

#C8AE71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.085 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE71
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 113)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 43.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 1.09, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 34.74, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.004 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.085 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9373, 43.7455, 21.8543)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE71 #718BC8

analogous

#C88371 #C8AE71 #B7C871

triadic

#C8AE71 #71C8AE #AE71C8

tetradic

#C8AE71 #71C883 #718BC8 #C871B7

square

#C8AE71 #71C883 #718BC8 #C871B7

split-complementary

#C8AE71 #71B7C8 #8371C8

monochromatic

#897035 #B69446 #C8AE71 #D9C79D #EAE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8AE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE71

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE71	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.085 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac69a',
    500: '#c8ae71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae71;
$custom-light: #dac69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.069,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE71

secondary

#BAC4DB

accent

#57B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE71

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

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