#C8A43F#C8A43F

#C8A43F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A43F
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 2.42, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 55.39, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0021 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.125 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9941, 39.1915, 10.2652)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A43F #3F63C8

analogous

#C8603F #C8A43F #A7C83F

triadic

#C8A43F #3FC8A4 #A43FC8

tetradic

#C8A43F #3FC860 #3F63C8 #C83FA7

square

#C8A43F #3FC860 #3F63C8 #C83FA7

split-complementary

#C8A43F #3FA7C8 #603FC8

monochromatic

#6D591F #9D7F2D #C8A43F #D6BB6F #E3D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A43F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A43F	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe79',
    500: '#c8a43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a43f;
$custom-light: #dcbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A43F

secondary

#93A3D0

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A43F

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

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