#C8A03B#C8A03B

#C8A03B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A03B
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 4.35, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 56.11, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0072 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.125 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1818, 37.7392, 9.4628)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A03B #3B63C8

analogous

#C8593B #C8A03B #A9C83B

triadic

#C8A03B #3BC8A0 #A03BC8

tetradic

#C8A03B #3BC859 #3B63C8 #C83BA9

square

#C8A03B #3BC859 #3B63C8 #C83BA9

split-complementary

#C8A03B #3BA9C8 #593BC8

monochromatic

#6B551E #9A7B2B #C8A03B #D5B76B #E3CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C8A03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A03B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A03B	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb77',
    500: '#c8a03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a03b;
$custom-light: #ddbb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A03B

secondary

#90A2CF

accent

#73DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A03B

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

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