#C8983B#C8983B

#C8983B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8983B
RGB	rgb(200, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 8.68, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 54.54, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0197 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.122 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8393, 35.0542, 9.0153)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8983B #3B6BC8

analogous

#C8513B #C8983B #B2C83B

triadic

#C8983B #3BC898 #983BC8

tetradic

#C8983B #3BC851 #3B6BC8 #C83BB2

square

#C8983B #3BC851 #3B6BC8 #C83BB2

split-complementary

#C8983B #3BB2C8 #513BC8

monochromatic

#6B511E #9A752B #C8983B #D5B16B #E3CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C8983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C8983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8983B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8983B	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb676',
    500: '#c8983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8983b;
$custom-light: #ddb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8983B

secondary

#90A5CF

accent

#7CDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8983B

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

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