#C8A047#C8A047

#C8A047 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A047
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 5.05, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 50.99, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0107 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.117 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5296, 37.8783, 11.2945)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A047 #476FC8

analogous

#C85F47 #C8A047 #B0C847

triadic

#C8A047 #47C8A0 #A047C8

tetradic

#C8A047 #47C85F #476FC8 #C847B0

square

#C8A047 #47C85F #476FC8 #C847B0

split-complementary

#C8A047 #47B0C8 #5F47C8

monochromatic

#725A22 #A27E30 #C8A047 #D6B876 #E4D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C8A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A047

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A047	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7e',
    500: '#c8a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a047;
$custom-light: #dcbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A047

secondary

#9AABD1

accent

#78DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A047

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

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