#C8A173#C8A173

#C8A173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.077 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A173
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 8.29, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 30.54, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0253 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.077 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6601, 39.0090, 21.6568)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A173 #739AC8

analogous

#C87773 #C8A173 #C5C873

triadic

#C8A173 #73C8A1 #A173C8

tetradic

#C8A173 #73C877 #739AC8 #C873C5

square

#C8A173 #73C877 #739AC8 #C873C5

split-complementary

#C8A173 #73C5C8 #7773C8

monochromatic

#8A6436 #B68348 #C8A173 #D9BF9F #EBDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C8A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A173

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A173	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)

#AFA270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.077 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9b',
    500: '#c8a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a173;
$custom-light: #dabc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.07687,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A173

secondary

#BCCADB

accent

#6DB72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A173

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

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