#C8A544#C8A544

#C8A544 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A544
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 2.17, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 53.51, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.002 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.121 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3199, 39.6092, 11.0947)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A544 #4467C8

analogous

#C86344 #C8A544 #A9C844

triadic

#C8A544 #44C8A5 #A544C8

tetradic

#C8A544 #44C863 #4467C8 #C844A9

square

#C8A544 #44C863 #4467C8 #C844A9

split-complementary

#C8A544 #44A9C8 #6344C8

monochromatic

#715B21 #A0822F #C8A544 #D6BC73 #E4D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A544

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A544	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)

#B7A339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7c',
    500: '#c8a544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a544;
$custom-light: #dcbf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A544

secondary

#97A6D1

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A544

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

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