#C8A34B#C8A34B

#C8A34B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A34B
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 75)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 3.69, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 49.90, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0073 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.115 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1886, 38.9840, 12.1685)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A34B #4B70C8

analogous

#C8654B #C8A34B #AFC84B

triadic

#C8A34B #4BC8A3 #A34BC8

tetradic

#C8A34B #4BC865 #4B70C8 #C84BAF

square

#C8A34B #4BC865 #4B70C8 #C84BAF

split-complementary

#C8A34B #4BAFC8 #654BC8

monochromatic

#755D24 #A48232 #C8A34B #D6BB7A #E5D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A34B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A34B	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe80',
    500: '#c8a34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a34b;
$custom-light: #dcbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A34B

secondary

#9DADD2

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A34B

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

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