#C8A646#C8A646

#C8A646 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A646
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 1.76, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 52.90, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.001 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.12 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5631, 39.9962, 11.4820)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A646 #4668C8

analogous

#C86546 #C8A646 #A9C846

triadic

#C8A646 #46C8A6 #A646C8

tetradic

#C8A646 #46C865 #4668C8 #C846A9

square

#C8A646 #46C865 #4668C8 #C846A9

split-complementary

#C8A646 #46A9C8 #6546C8

monochromatic

#725D22 #A18330 #C8A646 #D6BD75 #E4D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A646

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A646	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)

#B8A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07e',
    500: '#c8a646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a646;
$custom-light: #dcc07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7375,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A646

secondary

#99A7D1

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A646

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

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