#C8997D#C8997D

#C8997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.069 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997D
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(22, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 37.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 13.80, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 25.55, 57.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0423 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.069 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9135, 36.5447, 24.4022)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997D #7DACC8

analogous

#C87D86 #C8997D #C8BE7D

triadic

#C8997D #7DC899 #997DC8

tetradic

#C8997D #86C87D #7DACC8 #BE7DC8

square

#C8997D #86C87D #7DACC8 #BE7DC8

split-complementary

#C8997D #7DC8BE #7D86C8

monochromatic

#8E5B3C #B67752 #C8997D #DABBA8 #ECDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C8997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C8997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997D	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.069 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a2',
    500: '#c8997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997d;
$custom-light: #dab7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.4,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997D

secondary

#C3D4DE

accent

#83B432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997D

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

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