#C8A240#C8A240

#C8A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A240
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 3.55, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 54.49, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0054 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.123 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6672, 38.4925, 10.2953)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A240 #4066C8

analogous

#C85E40 #C8A240 #AAC840

triadic

#C8A240 #40C8A2 #A240C8

tetradic

#C8A240 #40C85E #4066C8 #C840AA

square

#C8A240 #40C85E #4066C8 #C840AA

split-complementary

#C8A240 #40AAC8 #5E40C8

monochromatic

#6E5820 #9D7E2D #C8A240 #D6B970 #E3D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A240

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A240	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7a',
    500: '#c8a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a240;
$custom-light: #dcbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A240

secondary

#94A5D0

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A240

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

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