#C8A081#C8A081

#C8A081 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.064 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A081
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 129)
HSL	hsl(26, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 10.46, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 24.17, 64.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0326 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.064 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3537, 39.0079, 26.1683)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A081 #81A9C8

analogous

#C88186 #C8A081 #C8C481

triadic

#C8A081 #81C8A0 #A081C8

tetradic

#C8A081 #86C881 #81A9C8 #C481C8

square

#C8A081 #86C881 #81A9C8 #C481C8

split-complementary

#C8A081 #81C8C4 #8186C8

monochromatic

#90623F #B58056 #C8A081 #DBC0AC #EDE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A081

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A081	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.064 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca5',
    500: '#c8a081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a081;
$custom-light: #dabca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A081

secondary

#C6D4DF

accent

#7BB233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A081

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

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