#C8A23D#C8A23D

#C8A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A23D
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 3.38, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 55.74, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0046 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.125 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5842, 38.4593, 9.8578)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A23D #3D63C8

analogous

#C85C3D #C8A23D #A8C83D

triadic

#C8A23D #3DC8A2 #A23DC8

tetradic

#C8A23D #3DC85C #3D63C8 #C83DA8

square

#C8A23D #3DC85C #3D63C8 #C83DA8

split-complementary

#C8A23D #3DA8C8 #5C3DC8

monochromatic

#6C571F #9C7D2C #C8A23D #D6B96D #E3D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A23D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A23D	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)

#B4A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd78',
    500: '#c8a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a23d;
$custom-light: #ddbd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A23D

secondary

#92A2CF

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A23D

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

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