#C8A54C#C8A54C

#C8A54C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A54C
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 2.69, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 49.96, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0045 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.115 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5810, 39.7137, 12.4695)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A54C #4C6FC8

analogous

#C8674C #C8A54C #ADC84C

triadic

#C8A54C #4CC8A5 #A54CC8

tetradic

#C8A54C #4CC867 #4C6FC8 #C84CAD

square

#C8A54C #4CC867 #4C6FC8 #C84CAD

split-complementary

#C8A54C #4CADC8 #674CC8

monochromatic

#755F24 #A48432 #C8A54C #D6BD7B #E5D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A54C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A54C	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)

#B6A443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf81',
    500: '#c8a54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a54c;
$custom-light: #dcbf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.065,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A54C

secondary

#9EACD2

accent

#74DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A54C

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

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