#C8994C#C8994C

#C8994C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994C
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 9.17, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 47.32, 78.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0234 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.11 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5172, 35.5861, 11.7815)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994C #4C7BC8

analogous

#C85B4C #C8994C #B9C84C

triadic

#C8994C #4CC899 #994CC8

tetradic

#C8994C #4CC85B #4C7BC8 #C84CB9

square

#C8994C #4CC85B #4C7BC8 #C84CB9

split-complementary

#C8994C #4CB9C8 #5B4CC8

monochromatic

#755724 #A47932 #C8994C #D6B47B #E5CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C8994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994C	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb681',
    500: '#c8994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994c;
$custom-light: #dcb681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71203,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994C

secondary

#9EB2D2

accent

#82DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994C

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

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