#C8A74C#C8A74C

#C8A74C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A74C
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 1.62, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 50.49, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0014 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.116 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9445, 40.4408, 12.5906)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A74C #4C6DC8

analogous

#C8694C #C8A74C #ABC84C

triadic

#C8A74C #4CC8A7 #A74CC8

tetradic

#C8A74C #4CC869 #4C6DC8 #C84CAB

square

#C8A74C #4CC869 #4C6DC8 #C84CAB

split-complementary

#C8A74C #4CABC8 #694CC8

monochromatic

#756024 #A48632 #C8A74C #D6BE7B #E5D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A74C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A74C	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc081',
    500: '#c8a74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a74c;
$custom-light: #dcc081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74017,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A74C

secondary

#9EACD2

accent

#72DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A74C

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

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