#C8A14E#C8A14E

#C8A14E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A14E
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 4.98, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 48.06, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0114 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.111 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9414, 38.3215, 12.6046)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A14E #4E75C8

analogous

#C8644E #C8A14E #B2C84E

triadic

#C8A14E #4EC8A1 #A14EC8

tetradic

#C8A14E #4EC864 #4E75C8 #C84EB2

square

#C8A14E #4EC864 #4E75C8 #C84EB2

split-complementary

#C8A14E #4EB2C8 #644EC8

monochromatic

#775D25 #A58133 #C8A14E #D7BA7D #E5D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A14E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A14E	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc82',
    500: '#c8a14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a14e;
$custom-light: #dcbc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.82,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A14E

secondary

#9FB0D3

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A14E

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

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