#C8A446#C8A446

#C8A446 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.119 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A446
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 2.83, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 52.38, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0041 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.119 88)
XYZ	xyz(38.2024, 39.2748, 11.3618)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A446 #466AC8

analogous

#C86346 #C8A446 #ABC846

triadic

#C8A446 #46C8A4 #A446C8

tetradic

#C8A446 #46C863 #466AC8 #C846AB

square

#C8A446 #46C863 #466AC8 #C846AB

split-complementary

#C8A446 #46ABC8 #6346C8

monochromatic

#725C22 #A18230 #C8A446 #D6BB75 #E4D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A446

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A446	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)

#B6A33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.119 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7d',
    500: '#c8a446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a446;
$custom-light: #dcbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.39272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A446

secondary

#99A8D1

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A446

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

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