#C8A54A#C8A54A

#C8A54A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A54A
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 2.55, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 50.86, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0038 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.117 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5125, 39.6863, 12.1089)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A54A #4A6DC8

analogous

#C8664A #C8A54A #ACC84A

triadic

#C8A54A #4AC8A5 #A54AC8

tetradic

#C8A54A #4AC866 #4A6DC8 #C84AAC

square

#C8A54A #4AC866 #4A6DC8 #C84AAC

split-complementary

#C8A54A #4AACC8 #664AC8

monochromatic

#745E23 #A38432 #C8A54A #D6BC79 #E5D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A54A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A54A	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf80',
    500: '#c8a54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a54a;
$custom-light: #dcbf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A54A

secondary

#9CABD2

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A54A

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

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