#C8AE73#C8AE73

#C8AE73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE73
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 1.30, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.74, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0048 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.083 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0512, 43.7910, 22.4538)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE73 #738DC8

analogous

#C88473 #C8AE73 #B8C873

triadic

#C8AE73 #73C8AE #AE73C8

tetradic

#C8AE73 #73C884 #738DC8 #C873B8

square

#C8AE73 #73C884 #738DC8 #C873B8

split-complementary

#C8AE73 #73B8C8 #8473C8

monochromatic

#8A7136 #B69448 #C8AE73 #D9C79F #EBE1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8AE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE73

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE73	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac69c',
    500: '#c8ae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae73;
$custom-light: #dac69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE73

secondary

#BCC5DB

accent

#58B72F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE73

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

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