#C8A43C#C8A43C

#C8A43C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.127 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A43C
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 2.26, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.63, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0012 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.127 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9126, 39.1588, 9.8356)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A43C #3C60C8

analogous

#C85E3C #C8A43C #A6C83C

triadic

#C8A43C #3CC8A4 #A43CC8

tetradic

#C8A43C #3CC85E #3C60C8 #C83CA6

square

#C8A43C #3CC85E #3C60C8 #C83CA6

split-complementary

#C8A43C #3CA6C8 #5E3CC8

monochromatic

#6B581E #9B7E2C #C8A43C #D5BA6C #E3D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A43C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A43C	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)

#B6A22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.127 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe77',
    500: '#c8a43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a43c;
$custom-light: #ddbe77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7325,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A43C

secondary

#91A1CF

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A43C

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

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