#C8A453#C8A453

#C8A453 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A453
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 3.73, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 46.47, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0084 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.108 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6580, 39.4570, 13.7617)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A453 #5377C8

analogous

#C86953 #C8A453 #B2C853

triadic

#C8A453 #53C8A4 #A453C8

tetradic

#C8A453 #53C869 #5377C8 #C853B2

square

#C8A453 #53C869 #5377C8 #C853B2

split-complementary

#C8A453 #53B2C8 #6953C8

monochromatic

#7A6027 #A88536 #C8A453 #D7BD81 #E6D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C8A453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A453

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A453	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe86',
    500: '#c8a453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a453;
$custom-light: #dcbe86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A453

secondary

#A3B2D4

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A453

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

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