#C8A136#C8A136

#C8A136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A136
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 3.57, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 58.32, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0043 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.129 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2323, 38.0379, 8.8703)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A136 #365DC8

analogous

#C85836 #C8A136 #A6C836

triadic

#C8A136 #36C8A1 #A136C8

tetradic

#C8A136 #36C858 #365DC8 #C836A6

square

#C8A136 #36C858 #365DC8 #C836A6

split-complementary

#C8A136 #36A6C8 #5836C8

monochromatic

#68531C #987A29 #C8A136 #D6B866 #E3CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A136

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A136	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc74',
    500: '#c8a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a136;
$custom-light: #ddbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A136

secondary

#8C9ECE

accent

#70E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A136

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

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