#C8A950#C8A950

#C8A950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A950
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 0.83, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 49.22, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0004 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.114 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4572, 41.2366, 13.4690)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A950 #506FC8

analogous

#C86D50 #C8A950 #ABC850

triadic

#C8A950 #50C8A9 #A950C8

tetradic

#C8A950 #50C86D #506FC8 #C850AB

square

#C8A950 #50C86D #506FC8 #C850AB

split-complementary

#C8A950 #50ABC8 #6D50C8

monochromatic

#786326 #A68934 #C8A950 #D7C07F #E5D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A950

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A950	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc284',
    500: '#c8a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a950;
$custom-light: #dcc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A950

secondary

#A1AED3

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A950

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

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