#C8A649#C8A649

#C8A649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A649
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 1.95, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 51.57, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.002 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.118 89)
XYZ	xyz(38.6602, 40.0351, 11.9933)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A649 #496BC8

analogous

#C86649 #C8A649 #AAC849

triadic

#C8A649 #49C8A6 #A649C8

tetradic

#C8A649 #49C866 #496BC8 #C849AA

square

#C8A649 #49C866 #496BC8 #C849AA

split-complementary

#C8A649 #49AAC8 #6649C8

monochromatic

#745E23 #A38431 #C8A649 #D6BD78 #E4D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A649

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A649	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07f',
    500: '#c8a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a649;
$custom-light: #dcc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A649

secondary

#9BAAD2

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A649

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

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