#C8997E#C8997E

#C8997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.068 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997E
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 37%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 13.92, 20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 25.18, 56.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0427 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.068 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9777, 36.5704, 24.7404)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997E #7EADC8

analogous

#C87E88 #C8997E #C8BE7E

triadic

#C8997E #7EC899 #997EC8

tetradic

#C8997E #88C87E #7EADC8 #BE7EC8

square

#C8997E #88C87E #7EADC8 #BE7EC8

split-complementary

#C8997E #7EC8BE #7E88C8

monochromatic

#8F5B3D #B67753 #C8997E #DABBA9 #EDDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C8997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C8997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997E	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)

#A69D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.068 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a3',
    500: '#c8997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997e;
$custom-light: #dab7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.892,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.06805,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997E

secondary

#C4D4DE

accent

#84B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997E

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

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