#C8996D#C8996D

#C8996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.082 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8996D
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 12.01, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 32.19, 68.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0357 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.082 64)
XYZ	xyz(37.9725, 36.1683, 19.4461)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8996D #6D9CC8

analogous

#C86D6E #C8996D #C8C76D

triadic

#C8996D #6DC899 #996DC8

tetradic

#C8996D #6EC86D #6D9CC8 #C76DC8

square

#C8996D #6EC86D #6D9CC8 #C76DC8

split-complementary

#C8996D #6DC8C7 #6D6EC8

monochromatic

#885C33 #B47A44 #C8996D #D9B899 #E9D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C8996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C8996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8996D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8996D	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.082 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb797',
    500: '#c8996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8996d;
$custom-light: #dbb797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.011,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71697,
    "c": 0.08168,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8996D

secondary

#B7C9DA

accent

#75B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8996D

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

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