#C8A143#C8A143

#C8A143 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A143
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 4.26, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 52.97, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0079 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.12 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5795, 38.1767, 10.6986)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A143 #436AC8

analogous

#C85E43 #C8A143 #ADC843

triadic

#C8A143 #43C8A1 #A143C8

tetradic

#C8A143 #43C85E #436AC8 #C843AD

square

#C8A143 #43C85E #436AC8 #C843AD

split-complementary

#C8A143 #43ADC8 #5E43C8

monochromatic

#705921 #9F7E2F #C8A143 #D6B972 #E4D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C8A143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A143

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A143	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7b',
    500: '#c8a143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a143;
$custom-light: #dcbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A143

secondary

#96A7D0

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A143

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

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