#C8994B#C8994B

#C8994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994B
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 9.10, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 47.77, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.023 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.111 78)
XYZ	xyz(36.4827, 35.5723, 11.5999)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994B #4B7AC8

analogous

#C85B4B #C8994B #B9C84B

triadic

#C8994B #4BC899 #994BC8

tetradic

#C8994B #4BC85B #4B7AC8 #C84BB9

square

#C8994B #4BC85B #4B7AC8 #C84BB9

split-complementary

#C8994B #4BB9C8 #5B4BC8

monochromatic

#755624 #A47932 #C8994B #D6B47A #E5CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C8994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994B	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)

#AB9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb680',
    500: '#c8994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994b;
$custom-light: #dcb680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.44,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71192,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.3557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994B

secondary

#9DB1D2

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994B

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

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