#C8A642#C8A642

#C8A642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A642
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 1.52, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 54.63, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0002 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.123 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4410, 39.9474, 10.8391)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A642 #4264C8

analogous

#C86342 #C8A642 #A7C842

triadic

#C8A642 #42C8A6 #A642C8

tetradic

#C8A642 #42C863 #4264C8 #C842A7

square

#C8A642 #42C863 #4264C8 #C842A7

split-complementary

#C8A642 #42A7C8 #6342C8

monochromatic

#6F5B20 #9F822E #C8A642 #D6BC71 #E4D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C8A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A642

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A642	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07b',
    500: '#c8a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a642;
$custom-light: #dcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A642

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A642

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

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