#C8A340#C8A340

#C8A340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A340
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 3.01, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 54.72, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0039 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.123 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8441, 38.8462, 10.3543)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A340 #4065C8

analogous

#C85F40 #C8A340 #A9C840

triadic

#C8A340 #40C8A3 #A340C8

tetradic

#C8A340 #40C85F #4065C8 #C840A9

square

#C8A340 #40C85F #4065C8 #C840A9

split-complementary

#C8A340 #40A9C8 #5F40C8

monochromatic

#6E5920 #9D7F2D #C8A340 #D6BA70 #E3D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C8A340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A340

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A340	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7a',
    500: '#c8a340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a340;
$custom-light: #dcbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A340

secondary

#94A4D0

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A340

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

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