#C8997A#C8997A

#C8997A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.071 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997A
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 39%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 13.44, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 26.71, 59.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.041 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.071 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7248, 36.4692, 23.4081)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997A #7AA9C8

analogous

#C87A82 #C8997A #C8C07A

triadic

#C8997A #7AC899 #997AC8

tetradic

#C8997A #82C87A #7AA9C8 #C07AC8

square

#C8997A #82C87A #7AA9C8 #C07AC8

split-complementary

#C8997A #7AC8C0 #7A82C8

monochromatic

#8D5B3A #B6784F #C8997A #DABAA5 #ECDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C8997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C8997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997A	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.071 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a0',
    500: '#c8997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997a;
$custom-light: #dab7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.846,
    "s": 41.489,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997A

secondary

#C1D2DD

accent

#80B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997A

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

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