#C8A448#C8A448

#C8A448 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A448
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 2.96, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 51.50, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0048 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.118 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2665, 39.3004, 11.6998)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A448 #486CC8

analogous

#C86448 #C8A448 #ACC848

triadic

#C8A448 #48C8A4 #A448C8

tetradic

#C8A448 #48C864 #486CC8 #C848AC

square

#C8A448 #48C864 #486CC8 #C848AC

split-complementary

#C8A448 #48ACC8 #6448C8

monochromatic

#735C23 #A28231 #C8A448 #D6BB77 #E4D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C8A448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A448

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A448	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)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7f',
    500: '#c8a448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a448;
$custom-light: #dcbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73363,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A448

secondary

#9AAAD1

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A448

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

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