#C8A034#C8A034

#C8A034 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A034
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 4.01, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 58.87, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0053 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.13 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0123, 37.6713, 8.5700)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A034 #345CC8

analogous

#C85634 #C8A034 #A6C834

triadic

#C8A034 #34C8A0 #A034C8

tetradic

#C8A034 #34C856 #345CC8 #C834A6

square

#C8A034 #34C856 #345CC8 #C834A6

split-complementary

#C8A034 #34A6C8 #5634C8

monochromatic

#67521B #977927 #C8A034 #D6B763 #E3CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C8A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A034

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A034	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)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb73',
    500: '#c8a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a034;
$custom-light: #ddbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A034

secondary

#8A9CCE

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A034

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

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