#C8A540#C8A540

#C8A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A540
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.94, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 55.22, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0008 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.124 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2020, 39.5621, 10.4736)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A540 #4063C8

analogous

#C86140 #C8A540 #A7C840

triadic

#C8A540 #40C8A5 #A540C8

tetradic

#C8A540 #40C861 #4063C8 #C840A7

square

#C8A540 #40C861 #4063C8 #C840A7

split-complementary

#C8A540 #40A7C8 #6140C8

monochromatic

#6E5A20 #9D812D #C8A540 #D6BB70 #E3D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A540

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A540	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)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7a',
    500: '#c8a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a540;
$custom-light: #dcbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A540

secondary

#94A3D0

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A540

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

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