#C8A172#C8A172

#C8A172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.078 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A172
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 8.19, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 31.00, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0249 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.078 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6029, 38.9861, 21.3554)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A172 #7299C8

analogous

#C87672 #C8A172 #C4C872

triadic

#C8A172 #72C8A1 #A172C8

tetradic

#C8A172 #72C876 #7299C8 #C872C4

square

#C8A172 #72C876 #7299C8 #C872C4

split-complementary

#C8A172 #72C4C8 #7672C8

monochromatic

#8A6436 #B68447 #C8A172 #D9BE9E #EADCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A172

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A172	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)

#AFA26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.078 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9b',
    500: '#c8a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a172;
$custom-light: #dabc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.791,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A172

secondary

#BBC9DB

accent

#6CB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A172

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

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