#C8A149#C8A149

#C8A149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A149
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 4.64, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 50.32, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0097 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.115 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7689, 38.2525, 11.6962)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A149 #4970C8

analogous

#C86149 #C8A149 #AFC849

triadic

#C8A149 #49C8A1 #A149C8

tetradic

#C8A149 #49C861 #4970C8 #C849AF

square

#C8A149 #49C861 #4970C8 #C849AF

split-complementary

#C8A149 #49AFC8 #6149C8

monochromatic

#745B23 #A38031 #C8A149 #D6B978 #E4D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C8A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A149

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A149	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)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7f',
    500: '#c8a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a149;
$custom-light: #dcbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A149

secondary

#9BACD2

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A149

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

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