#C8A645#C8A645

#C8A645 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A645
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 1.70, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 53.33, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0007 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.121 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5318, 39.9837, 11.3172)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A645 #4567C8

analogous

#C86445 #C8A645 #A9C845

triadic

#C8A645 #45C8A6 #A645C8

tetradic

#C8A645 #45C864 #4567C8 #C845A9

square

#C8A645 #45C864 #4567C8 #C845A9

split-complementary

#C8A645 #45A9C8 #6445C8

monochromatic

#715C21 #A0832F #C8A645 #D6BD74 #E4D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A645

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A645	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07d',
    500: '#c8a645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a645;
$custom-light: #dcc07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7374,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A645

secondary

#98A7D1

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A645

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

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