#C8A443#C8A443

#C8A443 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.122 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A443
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 2.65, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 53.69, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0032 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.122 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1100, 39.2378, 10.8755)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A443 #4367C8

analogous

#C86143 #C8A443 #AAC843

triadic

#C8A443 #43C8A4 #A443C8

tetradic

#C8A443 #43C861 #4367C8 #C843AA

square

#C8A443 #43C861 #4367C8 #C843AA

split-complementary

#C8A443 #43AAC8 #6143C8

monochromatic

#705A21 #9F812F #C8A443 #D6BB72 #E4D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A443

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A443	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.122 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7c',
    500: '#c8a443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a443;
$custom-light: #dcbe7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73313,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A443

secondary

#96A6D0

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A443

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

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