#C8A44A#C8A44A

#C8A44A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44A
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 3.09, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 50.60, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0054 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.116 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3329, 39.3270, 12.0491)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44A #4A6EC8

analogous

#C8654A #C8A44A #ADC84A

triadic

#C8A44A #4AC8A4 #A44AC8

tetradic

#C8A44A #4AC865 #4A6EC8 #C84AAD

square

#C8A44A #4AC865 #4A6EC8 #C84AAD

split-complementary

#C8A44A #4AADC8 #654AC8

monochromatic

#745D23 #A38332 #C8A44A #D6BC79 #E5D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C8A44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44A	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)

#B5A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe80',
    500: '#c8a44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44a;
$custom-light: #dcbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44A

secondary

#9CABD2

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44A

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

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