#C8853B#C8853B

#C8853B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8853B
RGB	rgb(200, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 19.05, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 52.52, 68.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0501 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.121 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9988, 29.3732, 8.0685)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8853B #3B7EC8

analogous

#C83E3B #C8853B #C5C83B

triadic

#C8853B #3BC885 #853BC8

tetradic

#C8853B #3BC83E #3B7EC8 #C83BC5

square

#C8853B #3BC83E #3B7EC8 #C83BC5

split-complementary

#C8853B #3BC5C8 #3E3BC8

monochromatic

#6B461E #9A662B #C8853B #D5A36B #E3C09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C8853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#C8853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8853B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8853B	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea874',
    500: '#c8853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8853b;
$custom-light: #dea874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67175,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8853B

secondary

#90AECF

accent

#90DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8853B

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

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