#C8994A#C8994A

#C8994A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994A
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 9.03, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 48.22, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0227 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.112 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4487, 35.5588, 11.4210)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994A #4A79C8

analogous

#C85A4A #C8994A #B8C84A

triadic

#C8994A #4AC899 #994AC8

tetradic

#C8994A #4AC85A #4A79C8 #C84AB8

square

#C8994A #4AC85A #4A79C8 #C84AB8

split-complementary

#C8994A #4AB8C8 #5A4AC8

monochromatic

#745623 #A37932 #C8994A #D6B379 #E5CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C8994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994A	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb67f',
    500: '#c8994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994a;
$custom-light: #dcb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994A

secondary

#9CB0D2

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994A

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

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