#C8956C#C8956C

#C8956C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.083 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8956C
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 108)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 14.09, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 32.33, 64.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0418 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.083 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2752, 34.8594, 18.9497)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8956C #6C9FC8

analogous

#C86C71 #C8956C #C8C36C

triadic

#C8956C #6CC895 #956CC8

tetradic

#C8956C #71C86C #6C9FC8 #C36CC8

square

#C8956C #71C86C #6C9FC8 #C36CC8

split-complementary

#C8956C #6CC8C3 #6C71C8

monochromatic

#875833 #B47543 #C8956C #D9B599 #E9D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C8956C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#C8956C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8956C

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8956C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8956C	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8956c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.083 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb496',
    500: '#c8956c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8956c;
$custom-light: #dbb496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8956c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.739,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8956C

secondary

#B6CAD9

accent

#7AB92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8956C

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

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