#C8956E#C8956E

#C8956E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.081 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8956E
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(26, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 14.30, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 31.48, 62.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0427 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.081 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3829, 34.9024, 19.5167)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8956E #6EA1C8

analogous

#C86E74 #C8956E #C8C26E

triadic

#C8956E #6EC895 #956EC8

tetradic

#C8956E #74C86E #6EA1C8 #C26EC8

square

#C8956E #74C86E #6EA1C8 #C26EC8

split-complementary

#C8956E #6EC8C2 #6E74C8

monochromatic

#885834 #B47544 #C8956E #D9B59A #EAD6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C8956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C8956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8956E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8956E	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)

#A4996B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.081 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb498',
    500: '#c8956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8956e;
$custom-light: #dbb498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8956E

secondary

#B8CBDA

accent

#7CB82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8956E

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

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