#C8A242#C8A242

#C8A242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A242
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 3.66, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 53.63, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.006 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.121 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7252, 38.5157, 10.6005)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A242 #4268C8

analogous

#C85F42 #C8A242 #ABC842

triadic

#C8A242 #42C8A2 #A242C8

tetradic

#C8A242 #42C85F #4268C8 #C842AB

square

#C8A242 #42C85F #4268C8 #C842AB

split-complementary

#C8A242 #42ABC8 #5F42C8

monochromatic

#6F5920 #9F7F2E #C8A242 #D6B971 #E4D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A242

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A242	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7b',
    500: '#c8a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a242;
$custom-light: #dcbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A242

secondary

#96A6D0

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A242

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

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