#C8993C#C8993C

#C8993C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8993C
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 8.19, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 54.30, 81.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0184 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.122 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0285, 35.3906, 9.2076)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8993C #3C6BC8

analogous

#C8533C #C8993C #B1C83C

triadic

#C8993C #3CC899 #993CC8

tetradic

#C8993C #3CC853 #3C6BC8 #C83CB1

square

#C8993C #3CC853 #3C6BC8 #C83CB1

split-complementary

#C8993C #3CB1C8 #533CC8

monochromatic

#6B511E #9B762C #C8993C #D5B26C #E3CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C8993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C8993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8993C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8993C	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)

#AC9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb677',
    500: '#c8993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8993c;
$custom-light: #ddb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71037,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8993C

secondary

#91A6CF

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8993C

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

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