#C8A144#C8A144

#C8A144 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A144
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 4.32, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 52.54, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0082 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.119 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6097, 38.1888, 10.8580)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A144 #446BC8

analogous

#C85F44 #C8A144 #ADC844

triadic

#C8A144 #44C8A1 #A144C8

tetradic

#C8A144 #44C85F #446BC8 #C844AD

square

#C8A144 #44C85F #446BC8 #C844AD

split-complementary

#C8A144 #44ADC8 #5F44C8

monochromatic

#715921 #A07E2F #C8A144 #D6B973 #E4D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C8A144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C8A144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A144

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A144	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7c',
    500: '#c8a144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a144;
$custom-light: #dcbc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A144

secondary

#97A8D1

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A144

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

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