#C8A44E#C8A44E

#C8A44E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44E
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 3.36, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 48.79, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0067 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.113 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4719, 39.3826, 12.7815)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44E #4E72C8

analogous

#C8674E #C8A44E #AFC84E

triadic

#C8A44E #4EC8A4 #A44EC8

tetradic

#C8A44E #4EC867 #4E72C8 #C84EAF

square

#C8A44E #4EC867 #4E72C8 #C84EAF

split-complementary

#C8A44E #4EAFC8 #674EC8

monochromatic

#775F25 #A58433 #C8A44E #D7BC7D #E5D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44E	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe82',
    500: '#c8a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44e;
$custom-light: #dcbe82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44E

secondary

#9FAED3

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44E

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

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