#C8A24E#C8A24E

#C8A24E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A24E
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 4.44, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 48.29, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0098 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.112 85)
XYZ	xyz(38.1168, 38.6724, 12.6631)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A24E #4E74C8

analogous

#C8654E #C8A24E #B1C84E

triadic

#C8A24E #4EC8A2 #A24EC8

tetradic

#C8A24E #4EC865 #4E74C8 #C84EB1

square

#C8A24E #4EC865 #4E74C8 #C84EB1

split-complementary

#C8A24E #4EB1C8 #654EC8

monochromatic

#775D25 #A58233 #C8A24E #D7BB7D #E5D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A24E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A24E	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B3A146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd82',
    500: '#c8a24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a24e;
$custom-light: #dcbd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A24E

secondary

#9FAFD3

accent

#79DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A24E

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

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