#C8956A#C8956A

#C8956A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.085 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8956A
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 106)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 47%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 13.89, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 33.18, 65.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.041 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.085 61)
XYZ	xyz(37.1700, 34.8173, 18.3955)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8956A #6A9DC8

analogous

#C86A6E #C8956A #C8C46A

triadic

#C8956A #6AC895 #956AC8

tetradic

#C8956A #6EC86A #6A9DC8 #C46AC8

square

#C8956A #6EC86A #6A9DC8 #C46AC8

split-complementary

#C8956A #6AC8C4 #6A6EC8

monochromatic

#865832 #B37642 #C8956A #D8B597 #E9D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C8956A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C8956A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8956A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8956A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8956A	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8956a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.085 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb495',
    500: '#c8956a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8956a;
$custom-light: #dbb495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8956a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.447,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70868,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.34815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8956A

secondary

#B5C8D9

accent

#9AD652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8956A

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

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