#C8A24B#C8A24B

#C8A24B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A24B
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 75)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 4.23, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 49.66, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0088 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.114 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0117, 38.6303, 12.1095)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A24B #4B71C8

analogous

#C8644B #C8A24B #B0C84B

triadic

#C8A24B #4BC8A2 #A24BC8

tetradic

#C8A24B #4BC864 #4B71C8 #C84BB0

square

#C8A24B #4BC864 #4B71C8 #C84BB0

split-complementary

#C8A24B #4BB0C8 #644BC8

monochromatic

#755C24 #A48132 #C8A24B #D6BA7A #E5D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A24B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A24B	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd80',
    500: '#c8a24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a24b;
$custom-light: #dcbd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A24B

secondary

#9DADD2

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A24B

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

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