#C8A137#C8A137

#C8A137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A137
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 3.61, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 57.93, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0045 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.128 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.2560, 38.0473, 8.9953)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A137 #375EC8

analogous

#C85837 #C8A137 #A7C837

triadic

#C8A137 #37C8A1 #A137C8

tetradic

#C8A137 #37C858 #375EC8 #C837A7

square

#C8A137 #37C858 #375EC8 #C837A7

split-complementary

#C8A137 #37A7C8 #5837C8

monochromatic

#68541D #987A2A #C8A137 #D5B867 #E2CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A137

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A137	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)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc74',
    500: '#c8a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a137;
$custom-light: #ddbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.38045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A137

secondary

#8D9ECE

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A137

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

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