#C8A34E#C8A34E

#C8A34E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A34E
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 3.90, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 48.54, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0083 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.112 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2937, 39.0261, 12.7221)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A34E #4E73C8

analogous

#C8664E #C8A34E #B0C84E

triadic

#C8A34E #4EC8A3 #A34EC8

tetradic

#C8A34E #4EC866 #4E73C8 #C84EB0

square

#C8A34E #4EC866 #4E73C8 #C84EB0

split-complementary

#C8A34E #4EB0C8 #664EC8

monochromatic

#775E25 #A58333 #C8A34E #D7BB7D #E5D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A34E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A34E	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)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe82',
    500: '#c8a34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a34e;
$custom-light: #dcbe82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A34E

secondary

#9FAFD3

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A34E

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

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