#C8A246#C8A246

#C8A246 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A246
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 3.91, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 51.89, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0072 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.118 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8473, 38.5645, 11.2434)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A246 #466CC8

analogous

#C86146 #C8A246 #ADC846

triadic

#C8A246 #46C8A2 #A246C8

tetradic

#C8A246 #46C861 #466CC8 #C846AD

square

#C8A246 #46C861 #466CC8 #C846AD

split-complementary

#C8A246 #46ADC8 #6146C8

monochromatic

#725A22 #A18030 #C8A246 #D6BA75 #E4D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C8A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A246

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A246	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7d',
    500: '#c8a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a246;
$custom-light: #dcbd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72937,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A246

secondary

#99A9D1

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A246

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

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