#C8997B#C8997B

#C8997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.070 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997B
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 38.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 13.56, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 26.32, 58.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0414 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.07 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7871, 36.4941, 23.7361)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997B #7BAAC8

analogous

#C87B83 #C8997B #C8BF7B

triadic

#C8997B #7BC899 #997BC8

tetradic

#C8997B #83C87B #7BAAC8 #BF7BC8

square

#C8997B #83C87B #7BAAC8 #BF7BC8

split-complementary

#C8997B #7BC8BF #7B83C8

monochromatic

#8E5B3B #B67850 #C8997B #DABAA6 #ECDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C8997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C8997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997B	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.070 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a1',
    500: '#c8997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997b;
$custom-light: #dab7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.377,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997B

secondary

#C2D2DD

accent

#81B431

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997B

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

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