#C8A040#C8A040

#C8A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A040
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 4.62, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 54.03, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0086 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.122 86)
XYZ	xyz(37.3177, 37.7935, 10.1788)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A040 #4068C8

analogous

#C85C40 #C8A040 #ACC840

triadic

#C8A040 #40C8A0 #A040C8

tetradic

#C8A040 #40C85C #4068C8 #C840AC

square

#C8A040 #40C85C #4068C8 #C840AC

split-complementary

#C8A040 #40ACC8 #5C40C8

monochromatic

#6E5720 #9D7C2D #C8A040 #D6B870 #E3CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C8A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A040

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A040	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)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb79',
    500: '#c8a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a040;
$custom-light: #ddbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A040

secondary

#94A6D0

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A040

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

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