#C8A53E#C8A53E

#C8A53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A53E
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 1.83, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 56.05, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0002 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.126 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1461, 39.5397, 10.1792)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A53E #3E61C8

analogous

#C8603E #C8A53E #A6C83E

triadic

#C8A53E #3EC8A5 #A53EC8

tetradic

#C8A53E #3EC860 #3E61C8 #C83EA6

square

#C8A53E #3EC860 #3E61C8 #C83EA6

split-complementary

#C8A53E #3EA6C8 #603EC8

monochromatic

#6D591F #9C802D #C8A53E #D6BB6E #E3D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A53E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A53E	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)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf79',
    500: '#c8a53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a53e;
$custom-light: #dcbf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A53E

secondary

#92A2CF

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A53E

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

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