#C8A440#C8A440

#C8A440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A440
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 2.48, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 54.97, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0024 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.124 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0223, 39.2028, 10.4137)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A440 #4064C8

analogous

#C86040 #C8A440 #A8C840

triadic

#C8A440 #40C8A4 #A440C8

tetradic

#C8A440 #40C860 #4064C8 #C840A8

square

#C8A440 #40C860 #4064C8 #C840A8

split-complementary

#C8A440 #40A8C8 #6040C8

monochromatic

#6E5920 #9D802D #C8A440 #D6BB70 #E3D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A440

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A440	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)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7a',
    500: '#c8a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a440;
$custom-light: #dcbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A440

secondary

#94A4D0

accent

#71DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A440

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

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