#C8A53F#C8A53F

#C8A53F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A53F
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 1.88, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 55.64, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0005 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.125 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1738, 39.5508, 10.3251)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A53F #3F62C8

analogous

#C8613F #C8A53F #A6C83F

triadic

#C8A53F #3FC8A5 #A53FC8

tetradic

#C8A53F #3FC861 #3F62C8 #C83FA6

square

#C8A53F #3FC861 #3F62C8 #C83FA6

split-complementary

#C8A53F #3FA6C8 #613FC8

monochromatic

#6D591F #9D802D #C8A53F #D6BB6F #E3D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A53F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A53F	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)

#B7A332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf79',
    500: '#c8a53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a53f;
$custom-light: #dcbf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A53F

secondary

#93A3D0

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A53F

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

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