#C8A449#C8A449

#C8A449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.117 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A449
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 3.02, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 51.05, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0051 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.117 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2994, 39.3136, 11.8730)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A449 #496DC8

analogous

#C86449 #C8A449 #ACC849

triadic

#C8A449 #49C8A4 #A449C8

tetradic

#C8A449 #49C864 #496DC8 #C849AC

square

#C8A449 #49C864 #496DC8 #C849AC

split-complementary

#C8A449 #49ACC8 #6449C8

monochromatic

#745D23 #A38231 #C8A449 #D6BB78 #E4D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C8A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A449

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A449	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)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.117 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7f',
    500: '#c8a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a449;
$custom-light: #dcbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A449

secondary

#9BABD2

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A449

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

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