#C8A53D#C8A53D

#C8A53D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A53D
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 1.78, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 56.46, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(38.1189, 39.5288, 10.0360)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A53D #3D60C8

analogous

#C85F3D #C8A53D #A5C83D

triadic

#C8A53D #3DC8A5 #A53DC8

tetradic

#C8A53D #3DC85F #3D60C8 #C83DA5

square

#C8A53D #3DC85F #3D60C8 #C83DA5

split-complementary

#C8A53D #3DA5C8 #5F3DC8

monochromatic

#6C591F #9C802C #C8A53D #D6BB6D #E3D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A53D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A53D	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf78',
    500: '#c8a53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a53d;
$custom-light: #ddbf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73462,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.39527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A53D

secondary

#92A1CF

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A53D

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

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