#C8A03F#C8A03F

#C8A03F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A03F
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 4.57, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 54.45, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0083 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.123 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2895, 37.7823, 10.0303)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A03F #3F67C8

analogous

#C85C3F #C8A03F #ACC83F

triadic

#C8A03F #3FC8A0 #A03FC8

tetradic

#C8A03F #3FC85C #3F67C8 #C83FAC

square

#C8A03F #3FC85C #3F67C8 #C83FAC

split-complementary

#C8A03F #3FACC8 #5C3FC8

monochromatic

#6D571F #9D7C2D #C8A03F #D6B86F #E3CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A03F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C8A03F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A03F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A03F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A03F	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a03f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb79',
    500: '#c8a03f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a03f;
$custom-light: #ddbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a03f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A03F

secondary

#93A5D0

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A03F

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

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