#C8A43D#C8A43D

#C8A43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A43D
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 2.31, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.22, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0015 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.126 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9393, 39.1695, 9.9761)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A43D #3D61C8

analogous

#C85E3D #C8A43D #A6C83D

triadic

#C8A43D #3DC8A4 #A43DC8

tetradic

#C8A43D #3DC85E #3D61C8 #C83DA6

square

#C8A43D #3DC85E #3D61C8 #C83DA6

split-complementary

#C8A43D #3DA6C8 #5E3DC8

monochromatic

#6C581F #9C7F2C #C8A43D #D6BA6D #E3D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A43D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A43D	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)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe78',
    500: '#c8a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a43d;
$custom-light: #ddbe78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A43D

secondary

#92A2CF

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A43D

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

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