#C8A147#C8A147

#C8A147 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A147
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 4.51, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 51.22, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0091 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.117 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7036, 38.2264, 11.3526)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A147 #476EC8

analogous

#C86047 #C8A147 #AFC847

triadic

#C8A147 #47C8A1 #A147C8

tetradic

#C8A147 #47C860 #476EC8 #C847AF

square

#C8A147 #47C860 #476EC8 #C847AF

split-complementary

#C8A147 #47AFC8 #6047C8

monochromatic

#725A22 #A27F30 #C8A147 #D6B976 #E4D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C8A147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A147

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A147	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)

#B3A03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7e',
    500: '#c8a147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a147;
$custom-light: #dcbc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A147

secondary

#9AAAD1

accent

#77DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A147

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

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