#C8953E#C8953E

#C8953E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8953E
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 10.47, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 52.80, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0253 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.119 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4386, 34.1247, 9.2767)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8953E #3E71C8

analogous

#C8503E #C8953E #B6C83E

triadic

#C8953E #3EC895 #953EC8

tetradic

#C8953E #3EC850 #3E71C8 #C83EB6

square

#C8953E #3EC850 #3E71C8 #C83EB6

split-complementary

#C8953E #3EB6C8 #503EC8

monochromatic

#6D501F #9C732D #C8953E #D6AF6E #E3C99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C8953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C8953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8953E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8953E	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)

#A99734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb477',
    500: '#c8953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8953e;
$custom-light: #ddb477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8953E

secondary

#92A9CF

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8953E

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

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