#C8A648#C8A648

#C8A648 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A648
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 1.89, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 52.01, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0017 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.119 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6273, 40.0219, 11.8201)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A648 #486AC8

analogous

#C86648 #C8A648 #AAC848

triadic

#C8A648 #48C8A6 #A648C8

tetradic

#C8A648 #48C866 #486AC8 #C848AA

square

#C8A648 #48C866 #486AC8 #C848AA

split-complementary

#C8A648 #48AAC8 #6648C8

monochromatic

#735E23 #A28431 #C8A648 #D6BD77 #E4D4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A648

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A648	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)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07f',
    500: '#c8a648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a648;
$custom-light: #dcc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A648

secondary

#9AA9D1

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A648

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

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