#C8A23A#C8A23A

#C8A23A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A23A
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 3.23, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 56.97, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0038 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.127 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5056, 38.4279, 9.4440)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A23A #3A60C8

analogous

#C85B3A #C8A23A #A7C83A

triadic

#C8A23A #3AC8A2 #A23AC8

tetradic

#C8A23A #3AC85B #3A60C8 #C83AA7

square

#C8A23A #3AC85B #3A60C8 #C83AA7

split-complementary

#C8A23A #3AA7C8 #5B3AC8

monochromatic

#6A561E #9A7C2B #C8A23A #D5B96A #E3CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A23A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A23A	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd76',
    500: '#c8a23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a23a;
$custom-light: #ddbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A23A

secondary

#8FA0CE

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A23A

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

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