#C8A954#C8A954

#C8A954 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A954
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 84)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 1.13, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 47.36, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0009 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.11 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6094, 41.2975, 14.2707)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A954 #5473C8

analogous

#C86F54 #C8A954 #ADC854

triadic

#C8A954 #54C8A9 #A954C8

tetradic

#C8A954 #54C86F #5473C8 #C854AD

square

#C8A954 #54C86F #5473C8 #C854AD

split-complementary

#C8A954 #54ADC8 #6F54C8

monochromatic

#7A6427 #A98A36 #C8A954 #D7C082 #E6D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A954

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A954	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc287',
    500: '#c8a954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a954;
$custom-light: #dbc287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.966,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A954

secondary

#A4B1D4

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A954

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

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