#C8A23C#C8A23C

#C8A23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A23C
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 3.33, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 56.15, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0043 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.126 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.5575, 38.4486, 9.7172)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A23C #3C62C8

analogous

#C85C3C #C8A23C #A8C83C

triadic

#C8A23C #3CC8A2 #A23CC8

tetradic

#C8A23C #3CC85C #3C62C8 #C83CA8

square

#C8A23C #3CC85C #3C62C8 #C83CA8

split-complementary

#C8A23C #3CA8C8 #5C3CC8

monochromatic

#6B561E #9B7D2C #C8A23C #D5B96C #E3D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A23C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A23C	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)

#B4A12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd77',
    500: '#c8a23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a23c;
$custom-light: #ddbd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A23C

secondary

#91A2CF

accent

#71DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A23C

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

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