#C8994E#C8994E

#C8994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994E
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 9.31, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 46.41, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.024 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.108 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5878, 35.6144, 12.1534)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994E #4E7DC8

analogous

#C85C4E #C8994E #BAC84E

triadic

#C8994E #4EC899 #994EC8

tetradic

#C8994E #4EC85C #4E7DC8 #C84EBA

square

#C8994E #4EC85C #4E7DC8 #C84EBA

split-complementary

#C8994E #4EBAC8 #5C4EC8

monochromatic

#775725 #A57933 #C8994E #D7B47D #E5CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C8994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C8994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994E	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)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb682',
    500: '#c8994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994e;
$custom-light: #dcb682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.885,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71227,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994E

secondary

#9FB3D3

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994E

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

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