#C8992B#C8992B

#C8992B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8992B
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 7.42, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 60.81, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0141 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.132 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6490, 35.2389, 7.2092)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8992B #2B5AC8

analogous

#C84A2B #C8992B #A9C82B

triadic

#C8992B #2BC899 #992BC8

tetradic

#C8992B #2BC84A #2B5AC8 #C82BA9

square

#C8992B #2BC84A #2B5AC8 #C82BA9

split-complementary

#C8992B #2BA9C8 #4A2BC8

monochromatic

#634C15 #967220 #C8992B #DBB356 #E5C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C8992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C8992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8992B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8992B	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66d',
    500: '#c8992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8992b;
$custom-light: #deb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8992B

secondary

#8098CF

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8992B

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

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