#C8B59D#C8B59D

#C8B59D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.040 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59D
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(33, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(33, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 2.94, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 15.00, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0111 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.04 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4291, 47.7626, 38.6651)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59D #9DB0C8

analogous

#C89F9D #C8B59D #C6C89D

triadic

#C8B59D #9DC8B5 #B59DC8

tetradic

#C8B59D #9DC89F #9DB0C8 #C89DC6

square

#C8B59D #9DC89F #9DB0C8 #C89DC6

split-complementary

#C8B59D #9DC6C8 #9F9DC8

monochromatic

#967954 #B29776 #C8B59D #DED3C4 #F4F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.040 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbba',
    500: '#c8b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59d;
$custom-light: #d9cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 28.105,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.03953,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59D

secondary

#DAE0E6

accent

#6DA73F

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59D

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

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