#C8A03E#C8A03E

#C8A03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A03E
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 4.51, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 54.87, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.008 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.123 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2618, 37.7712, 9.8845)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A03E #3E66C8

analogous

#C85B3E #C8A03E #ABC83E

triadic

#C8A03E #3EC8A0 #A03EC8

tetradic

#C8A03E #3EC85B #3E66C8 #C83EAB

square

#C8A03E #3EC85B #3E66C8 #C83EAB

split-complementary

#C8A03E #3EABC8 #5B3EC8

monochromatic

#6D561F #9C7C2D #C8A03E #D6B76E #E3CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C8A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C8A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A03E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A03E	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)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb78',
    500: '#c8a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a03e;
$custom-light: #ddbb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A03E

secondary

#92A4CF

accent

#74DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A03E

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

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