#C8A641#C8A641

#C8A641 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A641
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 1.46, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 55.05, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0004 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.124 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4118, 39.9357, 10.6852)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A641 #4163C8

analogous

#C86341 #C8A641 #A7C841

triadic

#C8A641 #41C8A6 #A641C8

tetradic

#C8A641 #41C863 #4163C8 #C841A7

square

#C8A641 #41C863 #4163C8 #C841A7

split-complementary

#C8A641 #41A7C8 #6341C8

monochromatic

#6F5B20 #9E822E #C8A641 #D6BC70 #E3D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C8A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A641

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A641	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07b',
    500: '#c8a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a641;
$custom-light: #dcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73702,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A641

secondary

#95A4D0

accent

#6FDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A641

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

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