#C8AE72#C8AE72

#C8AE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.084 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE72
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 1.19, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 34.24, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0044 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.084 87)
XYZ	xyz(41.9939, 43.7681, 22.1524)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE72 #728CC8

analogous

#C88372 #C8AE72 #B7C872

triadic

#C8AE72 #72C8AE #AE72C8

tetradic

#C8AE72 #72C883 #728CC8 #C872B7

square

#C8AE72 #72C883 #728CC8 #C872B7

split-complementary

#C8AE72 #72B7C8 #8372C8

monochromatic

#8A7036 #B69447 #C8AE72 #D9C79E #EAE1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8AE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE72

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE72	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)

#BBAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.084 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac69b',
    500: '#c8ae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae72;
$custom-light: #dac69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.43766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE72

secondary

#BBC5DB

accent

#58B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE72

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

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