#C8A243#C8A243

#C8A243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A243
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 3.72, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 53.20, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0063 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.121 87)
XYZ	xyz(37.7549, 38.5276, 10.7571)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A243 #4369C8

analogous

#C85F43 #C8A243 #ACC843

triadic

#C8A243 #43C8A2 #A243C8

tetradic

#C8A243 #43C85F #4369C8 #C843AC

square

#C8A243 #43C85F #4369C8 #C843AC

split-complementary

#C8A243 #43ACC8 #5F43C8

monochromatic

#705921 #9F7F2F #C8A243 #D6B972 #E4D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C8A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A243

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A243	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)

#B4A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7b',
    500: '#c8a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a243;
$custom-light: #dcbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A243

secondary

#96A7D0

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A243

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

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