#C8A146#C8A146

#C8A146 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A146
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 4.44, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 51.66, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0088 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.118 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6718, 38.2136, 11.1849)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A146 #466DC8

analogous

#C86046 #C8A146 #AEC846

triadic

#C8A146 #46C8A1 #A146C8

tetradic

#C8A146 #46C860 #466DC8 #C846AE

square

#C8A146 #46C860 #466DC8 #C846AE

split-complementary

#C8A146 #46AEC8 #6046C8

monochromatic

#725A22 #A17F30 #C8A146 #D6B975 #E4D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C8A146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A146

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A146	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7d',
    500: '#c8a146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a146;
$custom-light: #dcbc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72735,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A146

secondary

#99AAD1

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A146

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

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