#C8956D#C8956D

#C8956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.082 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8956D
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(26, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 14.20, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 31.90, 63.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0422 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.082 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3288, 34.8808, 19.2316)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8956D #6DA0C8

analogous

#C86D72 #C8956D #C8C36D

triadic

#C8956D #6DC895 #956DC8

tetradic

#C8956D #72C86D #6DA0C8 #C36DC8

square

#C8956D #72C86D #6DA0C8 #C36DC8

split-complementary

#C8956D #6DC8C3 #6D72C8

monochromatic

#885833 #B47544 #C8956D #D9B599 #E9D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C8956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C8956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8956D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8956D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.082 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb497',
    500: '#c8956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8956d;
$custom-light: #dbb497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8956D

secondary

#B7CADA

accent

#7BB82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8956D

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

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