#C8A036#C8A036

#C8A036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A036
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 4.10, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 58.10, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0058 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.129 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0583, 37.6898, 8.8123)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A036 #365EC8

analogous

#C85736 #C8A036 #A7C836

triadic

#C8A036 #36C8A0 #A036C8

tetradic

#C8A036 #36C857 #365EC8 #C836A7

square

#C8A036 #36C857 #365EC8 #C836A7

split-complementary

#C8A036 #36A7C8 #5736C8

monochromatic

#68531C #987929 #C8A036 #D6B766 #E3CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C8A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A036

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A036	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb74',
    500: '#c8a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a036;
$custom-light: #ddbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72389,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A036

secondary

#8C9ECE

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A036

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

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