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#c8a56a color: Classic Gold

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38°
100%

OKLCH

74%
0.087
80°
  • ≈ Camel
  • Amber
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Warm
  • olive-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.32:1 · Below AALc -51
Black text9.05:1 · AALc 58

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About #c8a56a

#c8a56a is a soft light amber color. In OKLCH it has 74% lightness, 0.087 chroma and a hue of 80°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.32:1 contrast and black text 9.05:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Classic Gold (#c9a367). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is olive-400.

More light amber colors

Lighter: #c8a56a mixed with white

  1. c8a56a
  2. ceae79
  3. d3b788
  4. d9c097
  5. dec9a6
  6. e4d2b5
  7. e9dbc3
  8. efe4d2
  9. f4ede1
  10. faf6f0

Darker: #c8a56a mixed with black

  1. c8a56a
  2. ae8f5b
  3. 94794d
  4. 7b653f
  5. 635131
  6. 4c3d24
  7. 362b18
  8. 211a0d
  9. 0f0a04
  10. 020100

Calmer: #c8a56a with less saturation

  1. c8a56a
  2. c5a671
  3. c2a678
  4. bfa77f
  5. bda886
  6. baa88c
  7. b7a993
  8. b4a999
  9. b1aa9f
  10. aeaaa5