#C8A041#C8A041

#C8A041 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A041
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 4.68, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 53.60, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0089 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.121 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3464, 37.8050, 10.3300)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A041 #4169C8

analogous

#C85D41 #C8A041 #ADC841

triadic

#C8A041 #41C8A0 #A041C8

tetradic

#C8A041 #41C85D #4169C8 #C841AD

square

#C8A041 #41C85D #4169C8 #C841AD

split-complementary

#C8A041 #41ADC8 #5D41C8

monochromatic

#6F5720 #9E7D2E #C8A041 #D6B870 #E3CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C8A041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A041

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A041	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)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7a',
    500: '#c8a041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a041;
$custom-light: #dcbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A041

secondary

#95A6D0

accent

#76DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A041

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

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