#C8A045#C8A045

#C8A045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A045
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 4.92, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 51.87, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0101 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.118 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4664, 37.8530, 10.9621)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A045 #456DC8

analogous

#C85E45 #C8A045 #AFC845

triadic

#C8A045 #45C8A0 #A045C8

tetradic

#C8A045 #45C85E #456DC8 #C845AF

square

#C8A045 #45C85E #456DC8 #C845AF

split-complementary

#C8A045 #45AFC8 #5E45C8

monochromatic

#715921 #A07E2F #C8A045 #D6B874 #E4D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C8A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C8A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A045

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A045	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)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7d',
    500: '#c8a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a045;
$custom-light: #dcbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A045

secondary

#98A9D1

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A045

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

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