#C8A338#C8A338

#C8A338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A338
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 2.59, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 57.99, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0017 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.129 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6326, 38.7616, 9.2402)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A338 #385DC8

analogous

#C85B38 #C8A338 #A5C838

triadic

#C8A338 #38C8A3 #A338C8

tetradic

#C8A338 #38C85B #385DC8 #C838A5

square

#C8A338 #38C85B #385DC8 #C838A5

split-complementary

#C8A338 #38A5C8 #5B38C8

monochromatic

#69551D #997C2A #C8A338 #D5B968 #E3CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A338

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A338	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)

#B6A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd75',
    500: '#c8a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a338;
$custom-light: #ddbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A338

secondary

#8E9ECE

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A338

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

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