#C8A079#C8A079

#C8A079 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.071 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A079
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 9.51, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 27.64, 69.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0293 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.071 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8426, 38.8035, 23.4766)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A079 #79A1C8

analogous

#C87979 #C8A079 #C8C779

triadic

#C8A079 #79C8A0 #A079C8

tetradic

#C8A079 #79C879 #79A1C8 #C779C8

square

#C8A079 #79C879 #79A1C8 #C779C8

split-complementary

#C8A079 #79C8C7 #7979C8

monochromatic

#8D633A #B6814E #C8A079 #DABFA4 #ECDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A079

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A079	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.071 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca0',
    500: '#c8a079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a079;
$custom-light: #dabca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.62,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73295,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A079

secondary

#C0CFDD

accent

#74B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A079

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

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