#C8A244#C8A244

#C8A244 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A244
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 3.78, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 52.77, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0066 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.12 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7852, 38.5397, 10.9164)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A244 #446AC8

analogous

#C86044 #C8A244 #ACC844

triadic

#C8A244 #44C8A2 #A244C8

tetradic

#C8A244 #44C860 #446AC8 #C844AC

square

#C8A244 #44C860 #446AC8 #C844AC

split-complementary

#C8A244 #44ACC8 #6044C8

monochromatic

#715A21 #A07F2F #C8A244 #D6BA73 #E4D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C8A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A244

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A244	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7c',
    500: '#c8a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a244;
$custom-light: #dcbd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A244

secondary

#97A8D1

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A244

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

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