#C8A03D#C8A03D

#C8A03D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8A03D
RGBrgb(200, 160, 61)
HSLhsl(43, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(43, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.84, 4.46, 55.11)
CIE-LCHlch(67.84, 55.29, 85.37°)
OKLaboklab(72.45% 0.0077 0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(72.45% 0.124 86.4)
XYZxyz(37.2347, 37.7603, 9.7413)
Luminance0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8A03D #3D65C8
analogous
#C85A3D #C8A03D #AAC83D
triadic
#C8A03D #3DC8A0 #A03DC8
tetradic
#C8A03D #3DC85A #3D65C8 #C83DAA
square
#C8A03D #3DC85A #3D65C8 #C83DAA
split-complementary
#C8A03D #3DAAC8 #5A3DC8
monochromatic
#6C561F #9C7C2C #C8A03D #D6B76D #E3CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#C8A03D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#C8A03D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A03D
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8A03D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8A03D1.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8928B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8a03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 86.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb78',
    500: '#c8a03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8a03d;
$custom-light: #ddbb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8a03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8A03D
secondary
#92A3CF
accent
#74DF49
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A03D

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#C8A03D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva