#C8A169#C8A169

#C8A169 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.087 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A169
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 7.26, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 35.27, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0213 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.087 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1156, 38.7912, 18.7890)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A169 #6990C8

analogous

#C87169 #C8A169 #C0C869

triadic

#C8A169 #69C8A1 #A169C8

tetradic

#C8A169 #69C871 #6990C8 #C869C0

square

#C8A169 #69C871 #6990C8 #C869C0

split-complementary

#C8A169 #69C0C8 #7169C8

monochromatic

#866331 #B28441 #C8A169 #D8BD96 #E9D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C8A169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A169

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A169	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)

#B0A265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.087 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc94',
    500: '#c8a169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a169;
$custom-light: #dbbc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.368,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A169

secondary

#B4C3D9

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A169

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

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