#C8A84B#C8A84B

#C8A84B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A84B
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 1.02, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 51.22, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0005 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.118 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0939, 40.7948, 12.4703)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A84B #4B6BC8

analogous

#C86A4B #C8A84B #AAC84B

triadic

#C8A84B #4BC8A8 #A84BC8

tetradic

#C8A84B #4BC86A #4B6BC8 #C84BAA

square

#C8A84B #4BC86A #4B6BC8 #C84BAA

split-complementary

#C8A84B #4BAAC8 #6A4BC8

monochromatic

#756024 #A48732 #C8A84B #D6BF7A #E5D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C8A84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A84B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A84B	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc181',
    500: '#c8a84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a84b;
$custom-light: #dcc181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A84B

secondary

#9DAAD2

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A84B

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

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