#C8873B#C8873B

#C8873B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.121 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8873B
RGB	rgb(200, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 17.95, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 52.61, 70.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0469 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.121 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2752, 29.9260, 8.1606)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8873B #3B7CC8

analogous

#C8403B #C8873B #C3C83B

triadic

#C8873B #3BC887 #873BC8

tetradic

#C8873B #3BC840 #3B7CC8 #C83BC3

square

#C8873B #3BC840 #3B7CC8 #C83BC3

split-complementary

#C8873B #3BC3C8 #403BC8

monochromatic

#6B471E #9A672B #C8873B #D5A46B #E3C29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C8873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C8873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8873B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8873B	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.121 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaa75',
    500: '#c8873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8873b;
$custom-light: #ddaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8873B

secondary

#90ADCF

accent

#8EDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8873B

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

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