#C8A250#C8A250

#C8A250 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A250
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 4.58, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 47.37, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0105 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.11 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1896, 38.7015, 13.0465)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A250 #5076C8

analogous

#C86650 #C8A250 #B2C850

triadic

#C8A250 #50C8A2 #A250C8

tetradic

#C8A250 #50C866 #5076C8 #C850B2

square

#C8A250 #50C866 #5076C8 #C850B2

split-complementary

#C8A250 #50B2C8 #6650C8

monochromatic

#785E26 #A68234 #C8A250 #D7BB7F #E5D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C8A250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A250

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A250	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd84',
    500: '#c8a250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a250;
$custom-light: #dcbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A250

secondary

#A1B1D3

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A250

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

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