#C8A74E#C8A74E

#C8A74E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A74E
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 1.76, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 49.58, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.002 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.114 89)
XYZ	xyz(39.0151, 40.4690, 12.9625)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A74E #4E6FC8

analogous

#C86A4E #C8A74E #ACC84E

triadic

#C8A74E #4EC8A7 #A74EC8

tetradic

#C8A74E #4EC86A #4E6FC8 #C84EAC

square

#C8A74E #4EC86A #4E6FC8 #C84EAC

split-complementary

#C8A74E #4EACC8 #6A4EC8

monochromatic

#776125 #A58733 #C8A74E #D7BE7D #E5D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A74E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A74E	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)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc083',
    500: '#c8a74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a74e;
$custom-light: #dcc083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.40467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A74E

secondary

#9FADD3

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A74E

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

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