#C8A337#C8A337

#C8A337 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A337
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 2.54, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 58.38, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0015 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.129 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6083, 38.7519, 9.1127)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A337 #375CC8

analogous

#C85B37 #C8A337 #A4C837

triadic

#C8A337 #37C8A3 #A337C8

tetradic

#C8A337 #37C85B #375CC8 #C837A4

square

#C8A337 #37C85B #375CC8 #C837A4

split-complementary

#C8A337 #37A4C8 #5B37C8

monochromatic

#68551D #987C2A #C8A337 #D5B967 #E2CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A337

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A337	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)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd75',
    500: '#c8a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a337;
$custom-light: #ddbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A337

secondary

#8D9DCE

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A337

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

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