#C8A049#C8A049

#C8A049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A049
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 5.17, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 50.09, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0113 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.115 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5948, 37.9044, 11.6382)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A049 #4971C8

analogous

#C86049 #C8A049 #B0C849

triadic

#C8A049 #49C8A0 #A049C8

tetradic

#C8A049 #49C860 #4971C8 #C849B0

square

#C8A049 #49C860 #4971C8 #C849B0

split-complementary

#C8A049 #49B0C8 #6049C8

monochromatic

#745A23 #A37F31 #C8A049 #D6B978 #E4D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C8A049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A049

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A049	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)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7f',
    500: '#c8a049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a049;
$custom-light: #dcbb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.102,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A049

secondary

#9BACD2

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A049

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

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