#C8A044#C8A044

#C8A044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A044
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 4.86, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 52.31, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0098 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.119 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4357, 37.8407, 10.7999)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A044 #446CC8

analogous

#C85E44 #C8A044 #AEC844

triadic

#C8A044 #44C8A0 #A044C8

tetradic

#C8A044 #44C85E #446CC8 #C844AE

square

#C8A044 #44C85E #446CC8 #C844AE

split-complementary

#C8A044 #44AEC8 #5E44C8

monochromatic

#715821 #A07E2F #C8A044 #D6B873 #E4D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C8A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A044

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A044	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)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7c',
    500: '#c8a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a044;
$custom-light: #dcbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A044

secondary

#97A9D1

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A044

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

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