#C8A346#C8A346

#C8A346 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A346
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 3.37, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 52.14, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0057 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.119 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0241, 38.9182, 11.3024)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A346 #466BC8

analogous

#C86246 #C8A346 #ACC846

triadic

#C8A346 #46C8A3 #A346C8

tetradic

#C8A346 #46C862 #466BC8 #C846AC

square

#C8A346 #46C862 #466BC8 #C846AC

split-complementary

#C8A346 #46ACC8 #6246C8

monochromatic

#725B22 #A18130 #C8A346 #D6BA75 #E4D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C8A346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A346

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A346	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7d',
    500: '#c8a346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a346;
$custom-light: #dcbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A346

secondary

#99A9D1

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A346

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

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