#C8A249#C8A249

#C8A249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A249
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 4.10, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 50.56, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0082 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.116 86)
XYZ	xyz(37.9443, 38.6034, 11.7547)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A249 #496FC8

analogous

#C86249 #C8A249 #AEC849

triadic

#C8A249 #49C8A2 #A249C8

tetradic

#C8A249 #49C862 #496FC8 #C849AE

square

#C8A249 #49C862 #496FC8 #C849AE

split-complementary

#C8A249 #49AEC8 #6249C8

monochromatic

#745C23 #A38131 #C8A249 #D6BA78 #E4D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C8A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A249

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A249	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)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7f',
    500: '#c8a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a249;
$custom-light: #dcbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A249

secondary

#9BABD2

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A249

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

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