#C8A04A#C8A04A

#C8A04A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A04A
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 74)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 5.24, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 49.64, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0116 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.114 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6282, 37.9177, 11.8142)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A04A #4A72C8

analogous

#C8614A #C8A04A #B1C84A

triadic

#C8A04A #4AC8A0 #A04AC8

tetradic

#C8A04A #4AC861 #4A72C8 #C84AB1

square

#C8A04A #4AC861 #4A72C8 #C84AB1

split-complementary

#C8A04A #4AB1C8 #614AC8

monochromatic

#745B23 #A37F32 #C8A04A #D6B979 #E5D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C8A04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A04A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A04A	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)

#B2A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb80',
    500: '#c8a04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a04a;
$custom-light: #dcbb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A04A

secondary

#9CADD2

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A04A

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

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