#C8784E#C8784E

#C8784E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8784E
RGB	rgb(200, 120, 78)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 27.31, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 45.26, 52.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0778 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.115 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9134, 26.2655, 10.5953)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8784E #4E9EC8

analogous

#C84E61 #C8784E #C8B54E

triadic

#C8784E #4EC878 #784EC8

tetradic

#C8784E #61C84E #4E9EC8 #B54EC8

square

#C8784E #61C84E #4E9EC8 #B54EC8

split-complementary

#C8784E #4EC8B5 #4E61C8

monochromatic

#774125 #A55B33 #C8784E #D79C7D #E5BFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#C8784E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#C8784E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8784E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8784E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8784E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8784e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 120, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9f80',
    500: '#c8784e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8784e;
$custom-light: #dd9f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8784e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8784E

secondary

#9FC1D3

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8784E

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

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