#C8A74F#C8A74F

#C8A74F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A74F
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 79)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 1.83, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 49.12, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0024 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.114 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0513, 40.4835, 13.1528)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A74F #4F70C8

analogous

#C86A4F #C8A74F #ADC84F

triadic

#C8A74F #4FC8A7 #A74FC8

tetradic

#C8A74F #4FC86A #4F70C8 #C84FAD

square

#C8A74F #4FC86A #4F70C8 #C84FAD

split-complementary

#C8A74F #4FADC8 #6A4FC8

monochromatic

#776125 #A68734 #C8A74F #D7BE7E #E5D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C8A74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A74F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A74F	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc083',
    500: '#c8a74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a74f;
$custom-light: #dcc083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A74F

secondary

#A0AED3

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A74F

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

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