#C8A342#C8A342

#C8A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A342
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 3.13, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 53.87, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0045 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.122 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9020, 38.8694, 10.6594)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A342 #4267C8

analogous

#C86042 #C8A342 #AAC842

triadic

#C8A342 #42C8A3 #A342C8

tetradic

#C8A342 #42C860 #4267C8 #C842AA

square

#C8A342 #42C860 #4267C8 #C842AA

split-complementary

#C8A342 #42AAC8 #6042C8

monochromatic

#6F5920 #9F802E #C8A342 #D6BA71 #E4D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C8A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A342

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A342	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7b',
    500: '#c8a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a342;
$custom-light: #dcbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A342

secondary

#96A6D0

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A342

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

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