#C8A44B#C8A44B

#C8A44B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44B
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 3.16, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 50.15, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0057 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.115 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3668, 39.3405, 12.2279)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44B #4B6FC8

analogous

#C8664B #C8A44B #AEC84B

triadic

#C8A44B #4BC8A4 #A44BC8

tetradic

#C8A44B #4BC866 #4B6FC8 #C84BAE

square

#C8A44B #4BC866 #4B6FC8 #C84BAE

split-complementary

#C8A44B #4BAEC8 #664BC8

monochromatic

#755E24 #A48332 #C8A44B #D6BC7A #E5D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44B	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe81',
    500: '#c8a44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44b;
$custom-light: #dcbe81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44B

secondary

#9DACD2

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44B

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

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