#C8A43A#C8A43A

#C8A43A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A43A
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 2.15, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 57.44, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0007 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.128 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8607, 39.1381, 9.5624)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A43A #3A5EC8

analogous

#C85D3A #C8A43A #A5C83A

triadic

#C8A43A #3AC8A4 #A43AC8

tetradic

#C8A43A #3AC85D #3A5EC8 #C83AA5

square

#C8A43A #3AC85D #3A5EC8 #C83AA5

split-complementary

#C8A43A #3AA5C8 #5D3AC8

monochromatic

#6A571E #9A7E2B #C8A43A #D5BA6A #E3D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A43A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A43A	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)

#B6A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe76',
    500: '#c8a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a43a;
$custom-light: #ddbe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A43A

secondary

#8F9FCE

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A43A

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

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