#C8A34C#C8A34C

#C8A34C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A34C
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 3.76, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 49.45, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0076 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.114 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2230, 38.9978, 12.3501)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A34C #4C71C8

analogous

#C8654C #C8A34C #AFC84C

triadic

#C8A34C #4CC8A3 #A34CC8

tetradic

#C8A34C #4CC865 #4C71C8 #C84CAF

square

#C8A34C #4CC865 #4C71C8 #C84CAF

split-complementary

#C8A34C #4CAFC8 #654CC8

monochromatic

#755D24 #A48232 #C8A34C #D6BB7B #E5D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A34C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A34C	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)

#B4A243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe81',
    500: '#c8a34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a34c;
$custom-light: #dcbe81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A34C

secondary

#9EADD2

accent

#77DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A34C

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

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