#C8A84C#C8A84C

#C8A84C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A84C
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 1.08, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 50.76, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0002 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.117 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1284, 40.8086, 12.6519)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A84C #4C6CC8

analogous

#C86A4C #C8A84C #AAC84C

triadic

#C8A84C #4CC8A8 #A84CC8

tetradic

#C8A84C #4CC86A #4C6CC8 #C84CAA

square

#C8A84C #4CC86A #4C6CC8 #C84CAA

split-complementary

#C8A84C #4CAAC8 #6A4CC8

monochromatic

#756024 #A48732 #C8A84C #D6BF7B #E5D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C8A84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A84C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A84C	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)

#B9A642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc181',
    500: '#c8a84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a84c;
$custom-light: #dcc181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A84C

secondary

#9EABD2

accent

#71DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A84C

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

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