#C8A235#C8A235

#C8A235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A235
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 2.98, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 58.93, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0025 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.13 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3845, 38.3795, 8.8064)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A235 #355BC8

analogous

#C85935 #C8A235 #A5C835

triadic

#C8A235 #35C8A2 #A235C8

tetradic

#C8A235 #35C859 #355BC8 #C835A5

square

#C8A235 #35C859 #355BC8 #C835A5

split-complementary

#C8A235 #35A5C8 #5935C8

monochromatic

#67541B #987B28 #C8A235 #D6B964 #E3CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C8A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A235

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A235	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd73',
    500: '#c8a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a235;
$custom-light: #ddbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A235

secondary

#8B9CCE

accent

#6FE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A235

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

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