#C8A349#C8A349

#C8A349 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A349
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 3.56, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 50.80, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0066 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.116 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1212, 38.9571, 11.8136)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A349 #496EC8

analogous

#C86349 #C8A349 #ADC849

triadic

#C8A349 #49C8A3 #A349C8

tetradic

#C8A349 #49C863 #496EC8 #C849AD

square

#C8A349 #49C863 #496EC8 #C849AD

split-complementary

#C8A349 #49ADC8 #6349C8

monochromatic

#745C23 #A38231 #C8A349 #D6BB78 #E4D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C8A349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A349

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A349	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7f',
    500: '#c8a349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a349;
$custom-light: #dcbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A349

secondary

#9BABD2

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A349

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

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