#C8A046#C8A046

#C8A046 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A046
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 4.98, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 51.43, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0104 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.117 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4977, 37.8655, 11.1269)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A046 #466EC8

analogous

#C85F46 #C8A046 #AFC846

triadic

#C8A046 #46C8A0 #A046C8

tetradic

#C8A046 #46C85F #466EC8 #C846AF

square

#C8A046 #46C85F #466EC8 #C846AF

split-complementary

#C8A046 #46AFC8 #5F46C8

monochromatic

#725922 #A17E30 #C8A046 #D6B875 #E4D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C8A046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A046

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A046	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7d',
    500: '#c8a046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a046;
$custom-light: #dcbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A046

secondary

#99AAD1

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A046

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

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