#C8996E#C8996E

#C8996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.081 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8996E
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 12.11, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 31.75, 67.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0362 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.081 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0266, 36.1899, 19.7313)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8996E #6E9DC8

analogous

#C86E70 #C8996E #C8C66E

triadic

#C8996E #6EC899 #996EC8

tetradic

#C8996E #70C86E #6E9DC8 #C66EC8

square

#C8996E #70C86E #6E9DC8 #C66EC8

split-complementary

#C8996E #6EC8C6 #6E70C8

monochromatic

#885C34 #B47A44 #C8996E #D9B89A #EAD7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C8996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C8996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8996E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8996E	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.081 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb798',
    500: '#c8996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8996e;
$custom-light: #dbb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8996E

secondary

#B8CADA

accent

#76B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8996E

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

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