#C8A23E#C8A23E

#C8A23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A23E
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 3.44, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.33, 86.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0049 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.124 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6113, 38.4702, 10.0010)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A23E #3E64C8

analogous

#C85D3E #C8A23E #A9C83E

triadic

#C8A23E #3EC8A2 #A23EC8

tetradic

#C8A23E #3EC85D #3E64C8 #C83EA9

square

#C8A23E #3EC85D #3E64C8 #C83EA9

split-complementary

#C8A23E #3EA9C8 #5D3EC8

monochromatic

#6D571F #9C7E2D #C8A23E #D6B96E #E3D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C8A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A23E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A23E	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)

#B4A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd78',
    500: '#c8a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a23e;
$custom-light: #ddbd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A23E

secondary

#92A3CF

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A23E

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

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