#C8A048#C8A048

#C8A048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A048
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 5.11, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 50.54, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.011 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.116 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5619, 37.8912, 11.4650)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A048 #4870C8

analogous

#C86048 #C8A048 #B0C848

triadic

#C8A048 #48C8A0 #A048C8

tetradic

#C8A048 #48C860 #4870C8 #C848B0

square

#C8A048 #48C860 #4870C8 #C848B0

split-complementary

#C8A048 #48B0C8 #6048C8

monochromatic

#735A23 #A27F31 #C8A048 #D6B877 #E4D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C8A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A048

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A048	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)

#B29F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7e',
    500: '#c8a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a048;
$custom-light: #dcbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A048

secondary

#9AACD1

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A048

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

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