#C8A44F#C8A44F

#C8A44F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A44F
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 79)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 3.43, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 48.33, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.007 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.112 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5080, 39.3970, 12.9717)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A44F #4F73C8

analogous

#C8684F #C8A44F #AFC84F

triadic

#C8A44F #4FC8A4 #A44FC8

tetradic

#C8A44F #4FC868 #4F73C8 #C84FAF

square

#C8A44F #4FC868 #4F73C8 #C84FAF

split-complementary

#C8A44F #4FAFC8 #684FC8

monochromatic

#775F25 #A68434 #C8A44F #D7BC7E #E5D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A44F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A44F	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)

#B5A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe83',
    500: '#c8a44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a44f;
$custom-light: #dcbe83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A44F

secondary

#A0AFD3

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A44F

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

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