#C8A241#C8A241

#C8A241 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A241
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 3.61, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 54.06, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0057 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.122 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6959, 38.5040, 10.4465)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A241 #4167C8

analogous

#C85F41 #C8A241 #ABC841

triadic

#C8A241 #41C8A2 #A241C8

tetradic

#C8A241 #41C85F #4167C8 #C841AB

square

#C8A241 #41C85F #4167C8 #C841AB

split-complementary

#C8A241 #41ABC8 #5F41C8

monochromatic

#6F5820 #9E7E2E #C8A241 #D6B970 #E3D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A241

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A241	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)

#B4A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7a',
    500: '#c8a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a241;
$custom-light: #dcbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A241

secondary

#95A5D0

accent

#73DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A241

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

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