#C8A03C#C8A03C

#C8A03C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A03C
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 4.40, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 55.70, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0074 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.125 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2080, 37.7496, 9.6007)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A03C #3C64C8

analogous

#C85A3C #C8A03C #AAC83C

triadic

#C8A03C #3CC8A0 #A03CC8

tetradic

#C8A03C #3CC85A #3C64C8 #C83CAA

square

#C8A03C #3CC85A #3C64C8 #C83CAA

split-complementary

#C8A03C #3CAAC8 #5A3CC8

monochromatic

#6B551E #9B7B2C #C8A03C #D5B76C #E3CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A03C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C8A03C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A03C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A03C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A03C	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)

#B39F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a03c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb77',
    500: '#c8a03c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a03c;
$custom-light: #ddbb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a03c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72438,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A03C

secondary

#91A3CF

accent

#74DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A03C

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

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