#C8A54B#C8A54B

#C8A54B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A54B
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 2.62, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 50.41, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0042 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.116 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5465, 39.6999, 12.2878)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A54B #4B6EC8

analogous

#C8674B #C8A54B #ADC84B

triadic

#C8A54B #4BC8A5 #A54BC8

tetradic

#C8A54B #4BC867 #4B6EC8 #C84BAD

square

#C8A54B #4BC867 #4B6EC8 #C84BAD

split-complementary

#C8A54B #4BADC8 #674BC8

monochromatic

#755E24 #A48432 #C8A54B #D6BC7A #E5D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A54B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A54B	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)

#B6A442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf81',
    500: '#c8a54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a54b;
$custom-light: #dcbf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A54B

secondary

#9DACD2

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A54B

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

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