#C8A450#C8A450

#C8A450 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A450
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 3.51, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 47.87, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0074 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.111 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5447, 39.4117, 13.1649)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A450 #5074C8

analogous

#C86850 #C8A450 #B0C850

triadic

#C8A450 #50C8A4 #A450C8

tetradic

#C8A450 #50C868 #5074C8 #C850B0

square

#C8A450 #50C868 #5074C8 #C850B0

split-complementary

#C8A450 #50B0C8 #6850C8

monochromatic

#785F26 #A68434 #C8A450 #D7BC7F #E5D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A450

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A450	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe84',
    500: '#c8a450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a450;
$custom-light: #dcbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A450

secondary

#A1B0D3

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A450

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

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