#C8A545#C8A545

#C8A545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A545
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 2.23, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 53.07, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0023 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.121 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3507, 39.6216, 11.2568)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A545 #4568C8

analogous

#C86345 #C8A545 #AAC845

triadic

#C8A545 #45C8A5 #A545C8

tetradic

#C8A545 #45C863 #4568C8 #C845AA

square

#C8A545 #45C863 #4568C8 #C845AA

split-complementary

#C8A545 #45AAC8 #6345C8

monochromatic

#715C21 #A0822F #C8A545 #D6BC74 #E4D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A545

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A545	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)

#B7A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7d',
    500: '#c8a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a545;
$custom-light: #dcbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73536,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A545

secondary

#98A7D1

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A545

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

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