#C8A74B#C8A74B

#C8A74B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A74B
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 1.55, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 50.94, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0011 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.117 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9100, 40.4270, 12.4090)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A74B #4B6CC8

analogous

#C8694B #C8A74B #ABC84B

triadic

#C8A74B #4BC8A7 #A74BC8

tetradic

#C8A74B #4BC869 #4B6CC8 #C84BAB

square

#C8A74B #4BC869 #4B6CC8 #C84BAB

split-complementary

#C8A74B #4BABC8 #694BC8

monochromatic

#755F24 #A48632 #C8A74B #D6BE7A #E5D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A74B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A74B	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)

#B8A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc081',
    500: '#c8a74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a74b;
$custom-light: #dcc081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A74B

secondary

#9DABD2

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A74B

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

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