#C8A542#C8A542

#C8A542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A542
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 2.05, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 54.37, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0014 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.123 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2599, 39.5853, 10.7787)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A542 #4265C8

analogous

#C86242 #C8A542 #A8C842

triadic

#C8A542 #42C8A5 #A542C8

tetradic

#C8A542 #42C862 #4265C8 #C842A8

square

#C8A542 #42C862 #4265C8 #C842A8

split-complementary

#C8A542 #42A8C8 #6242C8

monochromatic

#6F5B20 #9F812E #C8A542 #D6BC71 #E4D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A542

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A542	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7b',
    500: '#c8a542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a542;
$custom-light: #dcbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A542

secondary

#96A5D0

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A542

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

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