#C8993B#C8993B

#C8993B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8993B
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 8.13, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 54.72, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0181 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.123 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0023, 35.3802, 9.0697)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8993B #3B6AC8

analogous

#C8523B #C8993B #B0C83B

triadic

#C8993B #3BC899 #993BC8

tetradic

#C8993B #3BC852 #3B6AC8 #C83BB0

square

#C8993B #3BC852 #3B6AC8 #C83BB0

split-complementary

#C8993B #3BB0C8 #523BC8

monochromatic

#6B511E #9A752B #C8993B #D5B26B #E3CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C8993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C8993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8993B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8993B	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb676',
    500: '#c8993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8993b;
$custom-light: #ddb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8993B

secondary

#90A5CF

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8993B

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

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