#C8953D#C8953D

#C8953D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8953D
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 10.42, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 53.23, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.025 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.12 78)
XYZ	xyz(35.4114, 34.1138, 9.1335)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8953D #3D70C8

analogous

#C84F3D #C8953D #B5C83D

triadic

#C8953D #3DC895 #953DC8

tetradic

#C8953D #3DC84F #3D70C8 #C83DB5

square

#C8953D #3DC84F #3D70C8 #C83DB5

split-complementary

#C8953D #3DB5C8 #4F3DC8

monochromatic

#6C501F #9C732C #C8953D #D6AF6D #E3C99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C8953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C8953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8953D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8953D	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb477',
    500: '#c8953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8953d;
$custom-light: #ddb477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70257,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8953D

secondary

#92A8CF

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8953D

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

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