#C8A148#C8A148

#C8A148 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A148
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 4.57, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 50.77, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0094 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.116 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7360, 38.2393, 11.5230)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A148 #486FC8

analogous

#C86148 #C8A148 #AFC848

triadic

#C8A148 #48C8A1 #A148C8

tetradic

#C8A148 #48C861 #486FC8 #C848AF

square

#C8A148 #48C861 #486FC8 #C848AF

split-complementary

#C8A148 #48AFC8 #6148C8

monochromatic

#735B23 #A28031 #C8A148 #D6B977 #E4D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C8A148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A148

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A148	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7e',
    500: '#c8a148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a148;
$custom-light: #dcbc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A148

secondary

#9AABD1

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A148

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

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