#C8A238#C8A238

#C8A238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A238
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 3.13, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 57.76, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0033 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.128 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4557, 38.4079, 9.1813)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A238 #385EC8

analogous

#C85A38 #C8A238 #A6C838

triadic

#C8A238 #38C8A2 #A238C8

tetradic

#C8A238 #38C85A #385EC8 #C838A6

square

#C8A238 #38C85A #385EC8 #C838A6

split-complementary

#C8A238 #38A6C8 #5A38C8

monochromatic

#69551D #997B2A #C8A238 #D5B868 #E3CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C8A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A238

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A238	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)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd75',
    500: '#c8a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a238;
$custom-light: #ddbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A238

secondary

#8E9FCE

accent

#70E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A238

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

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