#C8A138#C8A138

#C8A138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A138
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 3.66, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 57.54, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0048 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2803, 38.0570, 9.1228)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A138 #385FC8

analogous

#C85938 #C8A138 #A7C838

triadic

#C8A138 #38C8A1 #A138C8

tetradic

#C8A138 #38C859 #385FC8 #C838A7

square

#C8A138 #38C859 #385FC8 #C838A7

split-complementary

#C8A138 #38A7C8 #5938C8

monochromatic

#69541D #997B2A #C8A138 #D5B868 #E3CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A138

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A138	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc75',
    500: '#c8a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a138;
$custom-light: #ddbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A138

secondary

#8E9FCE

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A138

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

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