#C8A24C#C8A24C

#C8A24C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A24C
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 4.30, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 49.21, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0092 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.113 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0462, 38.6441, 12.2912)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A24C #4C72C8

analogous

#C8644C #C8A24C #B0C84C

triadic

#C8A24C #4CC8A2 #A24CC8

tetradic

#C8A24C #4CC864 #4C72C8 #C84CB0

square

#C8A24C #4CC864 #4C72C8 #C84CB0

split-complementary

#C8A24C #4CB0C8 #644CC8

monochromatic

#755D24 #A48132 #C8A24C #D6BA7B #E5D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A24C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A24C	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)

#B3A143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd81',
    500: '#c8a24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a24c;
$custom-light: #dcbd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A24C

secondary

#9EAED2

accent

#78DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A24C

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

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