#C8994D#C8994D

#C8994D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994D
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 9.24, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 46.87, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0237 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.109 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5522, 35.6002, 11.9661)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994D #4D7CC8

analogous

#C85C4D #C8994D #BAC84D

triadic

#C8994D #4DC899 #994DC8

tetradic

#C8994D #4DC85C #4D7CC8 #C84DBA

square

#C8994D #4DC85C #4D7CC8 #C84DBA

split-complementary

#C8994D #4DBAC8 #5C4DC8

monochromatic

#765724 #A57933 #C8994D #D6B47C #E5CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C8994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994D	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)

#AB9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb681',
    500: '#c8994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994d;
$custom-light: #dcb681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71215,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994D

secondary

#9EB2D2

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994D

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

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