#C8A84E#C8A84E

#C8A84E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A84E
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 1.22, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 49.85, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0005 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.115 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1990, 40.8368, 13.0238)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A84E #4E6EC8

analogous

#C86B4E #C8A84E #ABC84E

triadic

#C8A84E #4EC8A8 #A84EC8

tetradic

#C8A84E #4EC86B #4E6EC8 #C84EAB

square

#C8A84E #4EC86B #4E6EC8 #C84EAB

split-complementary

#C8A84E #4EABC8 #6B4EC8

monochromatic

#776125 #A58733 #C8A84E #D7BF7D #E5D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C8A84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A84E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A84E	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc183',
    500: '#c8a84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a84e;
$custom-light: #dcc183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A84E

secondary

#9FADD3

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A84E

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

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