#C8A236#C8A236

#C8A236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A236
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 3.03, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 58.54, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0028 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4078, 38.3888, 8.9288)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A236 #365CC8

analogous

#C85936 #C8A236 #A5C836

triadic

#C8A236 #36C8A2 #A236C8

tetradic

#C8A236 #36C859 #365CC8 #C836A5

square

#C8A236 #36C859 #365CC8 #C836A5

split-complementary

#C8A236 #36A5C8 #5936C8

monochromatic

#68541C #987B29 #C8A236 #D6B866 #E3CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C8A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A236

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A236	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)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd74',
    500: '#c8a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a236;
$custom-light: #ddbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A236

secondary

#8C9DCE

accent

#6FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A236

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

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