#C8A248#C8A248

#C8A248 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A248
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 4.03, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 51.01, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0079 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.117 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9114, 38.5902, 11.5815)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A248 #486EC8

analogous

#C86248 #C8A248 #AEC848

triadic

#C8A248 #48C8A2 #A248C8

tetradic

#C8A248 #48C862 #486EC8 #C848AE

square

#C8A248 #48C862 #486EC8 #C848AE

split-complementary

#C8A248 #48AEC8 #6248C8

monochromatic

#735B23 #A28031 #C8A248 #D6BA77 #E4D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C8A248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A248

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A248	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7f',
    500: '#c8a248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a248;
$custom-light: #dcbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A248

secondary

#9AABD1

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A248

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

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