#C8994F#C8994F

#C8994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8994F
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 9.38, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 45.96, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0244 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.108 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6239, 35.6288, 12.3437)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8994F #4F7EC8

analogous

#C85C4F #C8994F #BBC84F

triadic

#C8994F #4FC899 #994FC8

tetradic

#C8994F #4FC85C #4F7EC8 #C84FBB

square

#C8994F #4FC85C #4F7EC8 #C84FBB

split-complementary

#C8994F #4FBBC8 #5C4FC8

monochromatic

#775725 #A67A34 #C8994F #D7B47E #E5CFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C8994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C8994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8994F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8994F	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb683',
    500: '#c8994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8994f;
$custom-light: #dcb683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.694,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8994F

secondary

#A0B4D3

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8994F

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

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