#C8A24A#C8A24A

#C8A24A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A24A
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 4.16, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 50.11, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0085 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.115 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9777, 38.6167, 11.9307)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A24A #4A70C8

analogous

#C8634A #C8A24A #AFC84A

triadic

#C8A24A #4AC8A2 #A24AC8

tetradic

#C8A24A #4AC863 #4A70C8 #C84AAF

square

#C8A24A #4AC863 #4A70C8 #C84AAF

split-complementary

#C8A24A #4AAFC8 #634AC8

monochromatic

#745C23 #A38132 #C8A24A #D6BA79 #E5D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C8A24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A24A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A24A	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)

#B4A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd80',
    500: '#c8a24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a24a;
$custom-light: #dcbd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A24A

secondary

#9CACD2

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A24A

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

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