#C8A34F#C8A34F

#C8A34F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A34F
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 79)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 3.97, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 48.08, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0086 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.111 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3298, 39.0405, 12.9123)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A34F #4F74C8

analogous

#C8674F #C8A34F #B1C84F

triadic

#C8A34F #4FC8A3 #A34FC8

tetradic

#C8A34F #4FC867 #4F74C8 #C84FB1

square

#C8A34F #4FC867 #4F74C8 #C84FB1

split-complementary

#C8A34F #4FB1C8 #674FC8

monochromatic

#775E25 #A68334 #C8A34F #D7BB7E #E5D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A34F

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A34F	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe83',
    500: '#c8a34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a34f;
$custom-light: #dcbe83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A34F

secondary

#A0AFD3

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A34F

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

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