#C8A549#C8A549

#C8A549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A549
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 2.49, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 51.31, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0035 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.117 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4791, 39.6729, 11.9329)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A549 #496CC8

analogous

#C86549 #C8A549 #ABC849

triadic

#C8A549 #49C8A5 #A549C8

tetradic

#C8A549 #49C865 #496CC8 #C849AB

square

#C8A549 #49C865 #496CC8 #C849AB

split-complementary

#C8A549 #49ABC8 #6549C8

monochromatic

#745D23 #A38331 #C8A549 #D6BC78 #E4D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A549

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A549	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)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7f',
    500: '#c8a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a549;
$custom-light: #dcbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A549

secondary

#9BAAD2

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A549

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

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