#C8A444#C8A444

#C8A444 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.121 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A444
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 2.71, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 53.26, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0035 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.121 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1403, 39.2499, 11.0348)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A444 #4468C8

analogous

#C86244 #C8A444 #AAC844

triadic

#C8A444 #44C8A4 #A444C8

tetradic

#C8A444 #44C862 #4468C8 #C844AA

square

#C8A444 #44C862 #4468C8 #C844AA

split-complementary

#C8A444 #44AAC8 #6244C8

monochromatic

#715B21 #A0812F #C8A444 #D6BB73 #E4D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A444

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A444	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)

#B6A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.121 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7c',
    500: '#c8a444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a444;
$custom-light: #dcbe7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A444

secondary

#97A7D1

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A444

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

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