#C8A245#C8A245

#C8A245 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.119 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A245
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 3.84, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 52.33, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0069 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.119 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8159, 38.5520, 11.0786)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A245 #456BC8

analogous

#C86045 #C8A245 #ADC845

triadic

#C8A245 #45C8A2 #A245C8

tetradic

#C8A245 #45C860 #456BC8 #C845AD

square

#C8A245 #45C860 #456BC8 #C845AD

split-complementary

#C8A245 #45ADC8 #6045C8

monochromatic

#715A21 #A0802F #C8A245 #D6BA74 #E4D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C8A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C8A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A245

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A245	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)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.119 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd7d',
    500: '#c8a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a245;
$custom-light: #dcbd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72927,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A245

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A245

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

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