#C8A336#C8A336

#C8A336 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A336
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 2.49, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 58.77, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0012 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.13 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5846, 38.7425, 8.9877)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A336 #365BC8

analogous

#C85A36 #C8A336 #A4C836

triadic

#C8A336 #36C8A3 #A336C8

tetradic

#C8A336 #36C85A #365BC8 #C836A4

square

#C8A336 #36C85A #365BC8 #C836A4

split-complementary

#C8A336 #36A4C8 #5A36C8

monochromatic

#68541C #987C29 #C8A336 #D6B966 #E3CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A336

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A336	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd74',
    500: '#c8a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a336;
$custom-light: #ddbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A336

secondary

#8C9DCE

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A336

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

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