#C8A141#C8A141

#C8A141 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A141
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 4.14, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 53.83, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0073 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.122 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5205, 38.1531, 10.3881)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A141 #4168C8

analogous

#C85E41 #C8A141 #ABC841

triadic

#C8A141 #41C8A1 #A141C8

tetradic

#C8A141 #41C85E #4168C8 #C841AB

square

#C8A141 #41C85E #4168C8 #C841AB

split-complementary

#C8A141 #41ABC8 #5E41C8

monochromatic

#6F5820 #9E7E2E #C8A141 #D6B870 #E3D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C8A141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A141

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A141	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7a',
    500: '#c8a141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a141;
$custom-light: #dcbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A141

secondary

#95A6D0

accent

#74DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A141

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

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