#C8A23F#C8A23F

#C8A23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A23F
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 3.49, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 54.91, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0052 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.124 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6390, 38.4813, 10.1468)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A23F #3F65C8

analogous

#C85E3F #C8A23F #AAC83F

triadic

#C8A23F #3FC8A2 #A23FC8

tetradic

#C8A23F #3FC85E #3F65C8 #C83FAA

square

#C8A23F #3FC85E #3F65C8 #C83FAA

split-complementary

#C8A23F #3FAAC8 #5E3FC8

monochromatic

#6D581F #9D7E2D #C8A23F #D6B96F #E3D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A23F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A23F	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd79',
    500: '#c8a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a23f;
$custom-light: #ddbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A23F

secondary

#93A4D0

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A23F

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

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