#C8A247#C8A247

#C8A247 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A247
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 3.97, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 51.45, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0076 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.117 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8791, 38.5773, 11.4110)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A247 #476DC8

analogous

#C86147 #C8A247 #ADC847

triadic

#C8A247 #47C8A2 #A247C8

tetradic

#C8A247 #47C861 #476DC8 #C847AD

square

#C8A247 #47C861 #476DC8 #C847AD

split-complementary

#C8A247 #47ADC8 #6147C8

monochromatic

#725B22 #A28030 #C8A247 #D6BA76 #E4D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C8A247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A247

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A247	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)

#B4A13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7e',
    500: '#c8a247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a247;
$custom-light: #dcbd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A247

secondary

#9AAAD1

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A247

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

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