#C8A44D#C8A44D

#C8A44D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44D
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 3.29, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 49.25, 86.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0064 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.114 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4363, 39.3684, 12.5941)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44D #4D71C8

analogous

#C8674D #C8A44D #AFC84D

triadic

#C8A44D #4DC8A4 #A44DC8

tetradic

#C8A44D #4DC867 #4D71C8 #C84DAF

square

#C8A44D #4DC867 #4D71C8 #C84DAF

split-complementary

#C8A44D #4DAFC8 #674DC8

monochromatic

#765E24 #A58433 #C8A44D #D6BC7C #E5D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44D	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)

#B5A344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe82',
    500: '#c8a44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44d;
$custom-light: #dcbe82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44D

secondary

#9EAED2

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44D

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

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