#C8A037#C8A037

#C8A037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A037
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 4.15, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 57.71, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0061 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.128 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0820, 37.6992, 8.9373)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A037 #375FC8

analogous

#C85737 #C8A037 #A8C837

triadic

#C8A037 #37C8A0 #A037C8

tetradic

#C8A037 #37C857 #375FC8 #C837A8

square

#C8A037 #37C857 #375FC8 #C837A8

split-complementary

#C8A037 #37A8C8 #5737C8

monochromatic

#68531D #987A2A #C8A037 #D5B767 #E2CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C8A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A037

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A037	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb74',
    500: '#c8a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a037;
$custom-light: #ddbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A037

secondary

#8D9FCE

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A037

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

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