#C8A749#C8A749

#C8A749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A749
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 1.42, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 51.84, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0004 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.119 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8426, 40.4000, 12.0541)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A749 #496AC8

analogous

#C86749 #C8A749 #A9C849

triadic

#C8A749 #49C8A7 #A749C8

tetradic

#C8A749 #49C867 #496AC8 #C849A9

square

#C8A749 #49C867 #496AC8 #C849A9

split-complementary

#C8A749 #49A9C8 #6749C8

monochromatic

#745F23 #A38531 #C8A749 #D6BE78 #E4D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A749

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A749	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07f',
    500: '#c8a749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a749;
$custom-light: #dcc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73985,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A749

secondary

#9BA9D2

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A749

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

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