#C8A54E#C8A54E

#C8A54E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A54E
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 2.83, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 49.05, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0051 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.113 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6516, 39.7419, 12.8414)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A54E #4E71C8

analogous

#C8684E #C8A54E #AEC84E

triadic

#C8A54E #4EC8A5 #A54EC8

tetradic

#C8A54E #4EC868 #4E71C8 #C84EAE

square

#C8A54E #4EC868 #4E71C8 #C84EAE

split-complementary

#C8A54E #4EAEC8 #684EC8

monochromatic

#775F25 #A58533 #C8A54E #D7BD7D #E5D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A54E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A54E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf83',
    500: '#c8a54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a54e;
$custom-light: #dcbf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.787,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A54E

secondary

#9FAED3

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A54E

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

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