#C8A033#C8A033

#C8A033 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A033
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 3.97, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 59.25, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0051 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.13 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9900, 37.6624, 8.4526)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A033 #335BC8

analogous

#C85633 #C8A033 #A6C833

triadic

#C8A033 #33C8A0 #A033C8

tetradic

#C8A033 #33C856 #335BC8 #C833A6

square

#C8A033 #33C856 #335BC8 #C833A6

split-complementary

#C8A033 #33A6C8 #5633C8

monochromatic

#66521A #977927 #C8A033 #D7B761 #E3CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C8A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A033

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A033	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb72',
    500: '#c8a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a033;
$custom-light: #ddbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A033

secondary

#899BCE

accent

#6FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A033

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

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