#C8A849#C8A849

#C8A849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A849
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 0.88, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 52.11, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0011 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.119 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0266, 40.7678, 12.1154)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A849 #4969C8

analogous

#C86849 #C8A849 #A8C849

triadic

#C8A849 #49C8A8 #A849C8

tetradic

#C8A849 #49C868 #4969C8 #C849A8

square

#C8A849 #49C868 #4969C8 #C849A8

split-complementary

#C8A849 #49A8C8 #6849C8

monochromatic

#745F23 #A38631 #C8A849 #D6BE78 #E4D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A849

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A849	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc180',
    500: '#c8a849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a849;
$custom-light: #dcc180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A849

secondary

#9BA9D2

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A849

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

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