#C8A64E#C8A64E

#C8A64E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A64E
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 2.29, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 49.31, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0036 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.114 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8327, 40.1041, 12.9017)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A64E #4E70C8

analogous

#C8694E #C8A64E #ADC84E

triadic

#C8A64E #4EC8A6 #A64EC8

tetradic

#C8A64E #4EC869 #4E70C8 #C84EAD

square

#C8A64E #4EC869 #4E70C8 #C84EAD

split-complementary

#C8A64E #4EADC8 #694EC8

monochromatic

#776025 #A58633 #C8A64E #D7BD7D #E5D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C8A64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A64E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A64E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc083',
    500: '#c8a64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a64e;
$custom-light: #dcc083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A64E

secondary

#9FADD3

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A64E

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

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