#C8A439#C8A439

#C8A439 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A439
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 2.10, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 57.83, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0004 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.129 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8355, 39.1280, 9.4297)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A439 #395DC8

analogous

#C85C39 #C8A439 #A5C839

triadic

#C8A439 #39C8A4 #A439C8

tetradic

#C8A439 #39C85C #395DC8 #C839A5

square

#C8A439 #39C85C #395DC8 #C839A5

split-complementary

#C8A439 #39A5C8 #5C39C8

monochromatic

#69561D #997D2B #C8A439 #D5BA69 #E3D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A439

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A439	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe76',
    500: '#c8a439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a439;
$custom-light: #ddbe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A439

secondary

#8F9FCE

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A439

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

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