#C8853D#C8853D

#C8853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8853D
RGB	rgb(200, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 19.16, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 51.70, 68.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0507 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.12 65)
XYZ	xyz(33.0517, 29.3943, 8.3469)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8853D #3D80C8

analogous

#C83F3D #C8853D #C5C83D

triadic

#C8853D #3DC885 #853DC8

tetradic

#C8853D #3DC83F #3D80C8 #C83DC5

square

#C8853D #3DC83F #3D80C8 #C83DC5

split-complementary

#C8853D #3DC5C8 #3F3DC8

monochromatic

#6C471F #9C662C #C8853D #D6A36D #E3C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C8853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C8853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8853D

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8853D	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)

#9A8A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda876',
    500: '#c8853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8853d;
$custom-light: #dda876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.079,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.29391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8853D

secondary

#92AFCF

accent

#91DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8853D

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

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