#C8A042#C8A042

#C8A042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A042
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 4.74, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 53.17, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0091 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.12 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3757, 37.8167, 10.4840)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A042 #426AC8

analogous

#C85D42 #C8A042 #ADC842

triadic

#C8A042 #42C8A0 #A042C8

tetradic

#C8A042 #42C85D #426AC8 #C842AD

square

#C8A042 #42C85D #426AC8 #C842AD

split-complementary

#C8A042 #42ADC8 #5D42C8

monochromatic

#6F5820 #9F7D2E #C8A042 #D6B871 #E4D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C8A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A042

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A042	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7b',
    500: '#c8a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a042;
$custom-light: #dcbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A042

secondary

#96A7D0

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A042

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

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