#C8A442#C8A442

#C8A442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.122 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A442
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 2.59, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 54.12, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0029 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.122 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0803, 39.2259, 10.7188)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A442 #4266C8

analogous

#C86142 #C8A442 #A9C842

triadic

#C8A442 #42C8A4 #A442C8

tetradic

#C8A442 #42C861 #4266C8 #C842A9

square

#C8A442 #42C861 #4266C8 #C842A9

split-complementary

#C8A442 #42A9C8 #6142C8

monochromatic

#6F5A20 #9F802E #C8A442 #D6BB71 #E4D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A442

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A442	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.122 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7b',
    500: '#c8a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a442;
$custom-light: #dcbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73303,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A442

secondary

#96A5D0

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A442

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

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