#C8997C#C8997C

#C8997C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.070 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997C
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 38%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 13.68, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 25.93, 58.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0419 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.07 53)
XYZ	xyz(38.8500, 36.5192, 24.0675)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997C #7CABC8

analogous

#C87C85 #C8997C #C8BF7C

triadic

#C8997C #7CC899 #997CC8

tetradic

#C8997C #85C87C #7CABC8 #BF7CC8

square

#C8997C #85C87C #7CABC8 #BF7CC8

split-complementary

#C8997C #7CC8BF #7C85C8

monochromatic

#8E5B3C #B67751 #C8997C #DABBA7 #ECDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C8997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C8997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997C	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)

#A69D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.070 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a2',
    500: '#c8997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997c;
$custom-light: #dab7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.895,
    "s": 40.86,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.36517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997C

secondary

#C2D3DD

accent

#82B432

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997C

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

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