#C87B59#C87B59
#C87B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.108 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C87B59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 123, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(18, 50%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(18, 56%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.13, 26.54, 31.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.13, 40.91, 49.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.76% 0.077 0.0751) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.76% 0.108 44.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.7077, 27.1696, 12.9709) |
| Luminance | 0.2717 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Terracotta
#C96F4A
ΔE00 3.60
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 4.63
Adobe
#BD6C48
ΔE00 4.86
Terracota
#CB6843
ΔE00 5.58
Terracotta (survey)
#CA6641
ΔE00 6.11
Clay
#B66A50
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C87B59 #59A6C8
analogous
#C8596F #C87B59 #C8B259
triadic
#C87B59 #59C87B #7B59C8
tetradic
#C87B59 #6FC859 #59A6C8 #B259C8
square
#C87B59 #6FC859 #59A6C8 #B259C8
split-complementary
#C87B59 #59C8B2 #596FC8
monochromatic
#7D4329 #AB5C39 #C87B59 #D7A087 #E6C4B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.26
#C87B59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.43
#C87B59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #C87B59
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C87B59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C87B59 | 1.00 | 3.26 | 6.43 | 6.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F8456
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29558
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D96D73
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c87b59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 123, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.108 44.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dca288',
500: '#c87b59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c87b59; $custom-light: #dca288; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c87b59",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 123,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 18.378,
"s": 50.226,
"l": 56.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65762,
"c": 0.10762,
"h": 44.3
},
"luminance": 0.27167
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C87B59
secondary
#A8C7D5
accent
#AFDA4E
background
#FEFAF8
surface
#FCF3F0
border
#D5CDCB
text
#160F0B
muted
#847F7C