#C8A543#C8A543

#C8A543 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A543
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 2.11, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 53.94, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0017 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.122 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2897, 39.5971, 10.9353)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A543 #4366C8

analogous

#C86343 #C8A543 #A8C843

triadic

#C8A543 #43C8A5 #A543C8

tetradic

#C8A543 #43C863 #4366C8 #C843A8

square

#C8A543 #43C863 #4366C8 #C843A8

split-complementary

#C8A543 #43A8C8 #6343C8

monochromatic

#705B21 #9F822F #C8A543 #D6BC72 #E4D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A543

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A543	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7c',
    500: '#c8a543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a543;
$custom-light: #dcbf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A543

secondary

#96A6D0

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A543

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

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