#C8A043#C8A043

#C8A043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A043
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 4.80, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 52.74, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0094 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.12 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4054, 37.8286, 10.6406)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A043 #436BC8

analogous

#C85E43 #C8A043 #AEC843

triadic

#C8A043 #43C8A0 #A043C8

tetradic

#C8A043 #43C85E #436BC8 #C843AE

square

#C8A043 #43C85E #436BC8 #C843AE

split-complementary

#C8A043 #43AEC8 #5E43C8

monochromatic

#705821 #9F7D2F #C8A043 #D6B872 #E4D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C8A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A043

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A043	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7b',
    500: '#c8a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a043;
$custom-light: #dcbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A043

secondary

#96A8D0

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A043

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

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