#C8842E#C8842E

#C8842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.128 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8842E
RGB	rgb(200, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 18.99, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 57.56, 70.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0481 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.128 68)
XYZ	xyz(32.5664, 28.9822, 6.4632)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8842E #2E72C8

analogous

#C8372E #C8842E #BFC82E

triadic

#C8842E #2EC884 #842EC8

tetradic

#C8842E #2EC837 #2E72C8 #C82EBF

square

#C8842E #2EC837 #2E72C8 #C82EBF

split-complementary

#C8842E #2EBFC8 #372EC8

monochromatic

#644217 #966323 #C8842E #D9A15A #E5BD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C8842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#C8842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8842E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8842E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.128 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea76d',
    500: '#c8842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8842e;
$custom-light: #dea76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.506,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66875,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.28979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8842E

secondary

#83A4CF

accent

#8AE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8842E

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

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