#C8A546#C8A546

#C8A546 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A546
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 2.30, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 52.64, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0026 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.12 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3820, 39.6341, 11.4217)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A546 #4669C8

analogous

#C86446 #C8A546 #AAC846

triadic

#C8A546 #46C8A5 #A546C8

tetradic

#C8A546 #46C864 #4669C8 #C846AA

square

#C8A546 #46C864 #4669C8 #C846AA

split-complementary

#C8A546 #46AAC8 #6446C8

monochromatic

#725C22 #A18230 #C8A546 #D6BC75 #E4D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A546

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A546	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7d',
    500: '#c8a546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a546;
$custom-light: #dcbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A546

secondary

#99A8D1

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A546

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

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