#C8A447#C8A447

#C8A447 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A447
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 2.89, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 51.94, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0044 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.119 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2342, 39.2875, 11.5294)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A447 #476BC8

analogous

#C86347 #C8A447 #ABC847

triadic

#C8A447 #47C8A4 #A447C8

tetradic

#C8A447 #47C863 #476BC8 #C847AB

square

#C8A447 #47C863 #476BC8 #C847AB

split-complementary

#C8A447 #47ABC8 #6347C8

monochromatic

#725C22 #A28230 #C8A447 #D6BB76 #E4D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C8A447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A447

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A447	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7e',
    500: '#c8a447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a447;
$custom-light: #dcbe7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A447

secondary

#9AA9D1

accent

#73DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A447

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

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