#C8853C#C8853C

#C8853C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8853C
RGB	rgb(200, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 19.10, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 52.11, 68.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0504 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.12 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0250, 29.3836, 8.2064)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8853C #3C7FC8

analogous

#C83F3C #C8853C #C5C83C

triadic

#C8853C #3CC885 #853CC8

tetradic

#C8853C #3CC83F #3C7FC8 #C83CC5

square

#C8853C #3CC83F #3C7FC8 #C83CC5

split-complementary

#C8853C #3CC5C8 #3F3CC8

monochromatic

#6B461E #9B662C #C8853C #D5A36C #E3C19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C8853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C8853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8853C

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8853C	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea875',
    500: '#c8853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8853c;
$custom-light: #dea875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67185,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8853C

secondary

#91AFCF

accent

#91DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8853C

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

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