#C8A14A#C8A14A

#C8A14A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A14A
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 74)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 4.70, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 49.87, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0101 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.115 85)
XYZ	xyz(37.8023, 38.2658, 11.8722)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A14A #4A71C8

analogous

#C8624A #C8A14A #B0C84A

triadic

#C8A14A #4AC8A1 #A14AC8

tetradic

#C8A14A #4AC862 #4A71C8 #C84AB0

square

#C8A14A #4AC862 #4A71C8 #C84AB0

split-complementary

#C8A14A #4AB0C8 #624AC8

monochromatic

#745B23 #A38032 #C8A14A #D6B979 #E5D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C8A14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A14A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A14A	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)

#B3A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc80',
    500: '#c8a14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a14a;
$custom-light: #dcbc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.38264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A14A

secondary

#9CADD2

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A14A

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

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