#C8A139#C8A139

#C8A139 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A139
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 3.71, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 57.14, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0051 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.127 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3050, 38.0669, 9.2529)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A139 #3960C8

analogous

#C85939 #C8A139 #A8C839

triadic

#C8A139 #39C8A1 #A139C8

tetradic

#C8A139 #39C859 #3960C8 #C839A8

square

#C8A139 #39C859 #3960C8 #C839A8

split-complementary

#C8A139 #39A8C8 #5939C8

monochromatic

#69551D #997B2B #C8A139 #D5B869 #E3CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C8A139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C8A139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A139

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A139	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc75',
    500: '#c8a139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a139;
$custom-light: #ddbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A139

secondary

#8FA0CE

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A139

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

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