#C8A345#C8A345

#C8A345 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A345
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 3.31, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 52.57, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0054 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.12 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9928, 38.9057, 11.1375)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A345 #456AC8

analogous

#C86145 #C8A345 #ACC845

triadic

#C8A345 #45C8A3 #A345C8

tetradic

#C8A345 #45C861 #456AC8 #C845AC

square

#C8A345 #45C861 #456AC8 #C845AC

split-complementary

#C8A345 #45ACC8 #6145C8

monochromatic

#715B21 #A0802F #C8A345 #D6BA74 #E4D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C8A345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A345

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A345	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7d',
    500: '#c8a345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a345;
$custom-light: #dcbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A345

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A345

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

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