#C8A12F#C8A12F

#C8A12F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A12F
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 3.26, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 60.92, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0026 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.133 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0796, 37.9768, 8.0660)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A12F #2F56C8

analogous

#C8542F #C8A12F #A2C82F

triadic

#C8A12F #2FC8A1 #A12FC8

tetradic

#C8A12F #2FC854 #2F56C8 #C82FA2

square

#C8A12F #2FC854 #2F56C8 #C82FA2

split-complementary

#C8A12F #2FA2C8 #542FC8

monochromatic

#655118 #967923 #C8A12F #D9B95C #E4CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C8A12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A12F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A12F	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)

#B4A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc70',
    500: '#c8a12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a12f;
$custom-light: #ddbc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A12F

secondary

#8497CF

accent

#6CE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A12F

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

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