#C8A44C#C8A44C

#C8A44C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44C
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 3.22, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 49.70, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.006 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.114 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.4013, 39.3543, 12.4096)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44C #4C70C8

analogous

#C8664C #C8A44C #AEC84C

triadic

#C8A44C #4CC8A4 #A44CC8

tetradic

#C8A44C #4CC866 #4C70C8 #C84CAE

square

#C8A44C #4CC866 #4C70C8 #C84CAE

split-complementary

#C8A44C #4CAEC8 #664CC8

monochromatic

#755E24 #A48332 #C8A44C #D6BC7B #E5D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44C	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)

#B5A343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe81',
    500: '#c8a44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44c;
$custom-light: #dcbe81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44C

secondary

#9EADD2

accent

#75DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44C

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

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