#C8A04E#C8A04E

#C8A04E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A04E
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 5.52, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 47.82, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.013 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.111 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7673, 37.9734, 12.5466)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A04E #4E76C8

analogous

#C8634E #C8A04E #B3C84E

triadic

#C8A04E #4EC8A0 #A04EC8

tetradic

#C8A04E #4EC863 #4E76C8 #C84EB3

square

#C8A04E #4EC863 #4E76C8 #C84EB3

split-complementary

#C8A04E #4EB3C8 #634EC8

monochromatic

#775C25 #A58033 #C8A04E #D7B97D #E5D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C8A04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A04E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A04E	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb82',
    500: '#c8a04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a04e;
$custom-light: #dcbb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A04E

secondary

#9FB0D3

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A04E

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

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