#C8A04B#C8A04B

#C8A04B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8A04B
RGBrgb(200, 160, 75)
HSLhsl(41, 53%, 54%)
HSVhsv(41, 63%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.97, 5.31, 48.91)
CIE-LCHlch(67.97, 49.19, 83.81°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% 0.012 0.1127)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.113 83.9)
XYZxyz(37.6622, 37.9313, 11.9930)
Luminance0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8A04B #4B73C8
analogous
#C8624B #C8A04B #B2C84B
triadic
#C8A04B #4BC8A0 #A04BC8
tetradic
#C8A04B #4BC862 #4B73C8 #C84BB2
square
#C8A04B #4BC862 #4B73C8 #C84BB2
split-complementary
#C8A04B #4BB2C8 #624BC8
monochromatic
#755B24 #A47F32 #C8A04B #D6B97A #E5D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#C8A04B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59
#C8A04B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A04B
8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8A04B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8A04B1.002.458.598.59
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5921.001.001.00
##0000008.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A042
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8938D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8a04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 83.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb80',
    500: '#c8a04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8a04b;
$custom-light: #dcbb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8a04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8A04B
secondary
#9DAED2
accent
#7ADD4B
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FBF6EF
border
#D4D0CA
text
#15110A
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A04B

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#C8A04B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva