#C8997F#C8997F

#C8997F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.067 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8997F
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 36.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 14.04, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 24.81, 55.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0431 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.067 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0426, 36.5963, 25.0819)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8997F #7FAEC8

analogous

#C87F8A #C8997F #C8BE7F

triadic

#C8997F #7FC899 #997FC8

tetradic

#C8997F #8AC87F #7FAEC8 #BE7FC8

square

#C8997F #8AC87F #7FAEC8 #BE7FC8

split-complementary

#C8997F #7FC8BE #7F8AC8

monochromatic

#8F5B3D #B67754 #C8997F #DABBAA #EDDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C8997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C8997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8997F

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8997F	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.067 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7a4',
    500: '#c8997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8997f;
$custom-light: #dab7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.37,
    "s": 39.891,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8997F

secondary

#C5D5DE

accent

#85B333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8997F

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

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