#C8A163#C8A163

#C8A163 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.092 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A163
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 99)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 50.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 6.69, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 38.14, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.019 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.092 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8180, 38.6721, 17.2218)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A163 #638AC8

analogous

#C86E63 #C8A163 #BCC863

triadic

#C8A163 #63C8A1 #A163C8

tetradic

#C8A163 #63C86E #638AC8 #C863BC

square

#C8A163 #63C86E #638AC8 #C863BC

split-complementary

#C8A163 #63BCC8 #6E63C8

monochromatic

#83622E #B0843E #C8A163 #D8BC90 #E8D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A163

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A163	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.092 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc90',
    500: '#c8a163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a163;
$custom-light: #dbbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A163

secondary

#AFBFD7

accent

#85D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A163

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

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