#C8A445#C8A445

#C8A445 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A445
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 2.77, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 52.82, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0038 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.12 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1711, 39.2622, 11.1969)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A445 #4569C8

analogous

#C86245 #C8A445 #ABC845

triadic

#C8A445 #45C8A4 #A445C8

tetradic

#C8A445 #45C862 #4569C8 #C845AB

square

#C8A445 #45C862 #4569C8 #C845AB

split-complementary

#C8A445 #45ABC8 #6245C8

monochromatic

#715B21 #A0812F #C8A445 #D6BB74 #E4D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A445

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A445	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)

#B6A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7d',
    500: '#c8a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a445;
$custom-light: #dcbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A445

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A445

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

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