#C8A350#C8A350

#C8A350 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A350
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 4.04, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 47.62, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0089 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.111 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3665, 39.0552, 13.1054)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A350 #5075C8

analogous

#C86750 #C8A350 #B1C850

triadic

#C8A350 #50C8A3 #A350C8

tetradic

#C8A350 #50C867 #5075C8 #C850B1

square

#C8A350 #50C867 #5075C8 #C850B1

split-complementary

#C8A350 #50B1C8 #6750C8

monochromatic

#785F26 #A68334 #C8A350 #D7BB7F #E5D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A350

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A350	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)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe84',
    500: '#c8a350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a350;
$custom-light: #dcbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A350

secondary

#A1B0D3

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A350

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

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