#C8A339#C8A339

#C8A339 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A339
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 2.64, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 57.60, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.002 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.128 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6573, 38.7715, 9.3703)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A339 #395EC8

analogous

#C85C39 #C8A339 #A5C839

triadic

#C8A339 #39C8A3 #A339C8

tetradic

#C8A339 #39C85C #395EC8 #C839A5

square

#C8A339 #39C85C #395EC8 #C839A5

split-complementary

#C8A339 #39A5C8 #5C39C8

monochromatic

#69561D #997D2B #C8A339 #D5B969 #E3D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C8A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A339

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A339	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)

#B6A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd76',
    500: '#c8a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a339;
$custom-light: #ddbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A339

secondary

#8F9FCE

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A339

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

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