#C8985C#C8985C

#C8985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.096 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8985C
RGB	rgb(200, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 10.95, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 39.80, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0307 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.096 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9813, 35.5110, 15.0296)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8985C #5C8CC8

analogous

#C8625C #C8985C #C2C85C

triadic

#C8985C #5CC898 #985CC8

tetradic

#C8985C #5CC862 #5C8CC8 #C85CC2

square

#C8985C #5CC862 #5C8CC8 #C85CC2

split-complementary

#C8985C #5CC2C8 #625CC8

monochromatic

#7F592B #AD7A3A #C8985C #D7B58A #E7D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C8985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8985C

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8985C	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.096 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb68b',
    500: '#c8985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8985c;
$custom-light: #dbb68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8985C

secondary

#AABDD6

accent

#8CD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8985C

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

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