#C8A174#C8A174

#C8A174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.076 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A174
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(32, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 8.40, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 30.07, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0257 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.076 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7180, 39.0321, 21.9615)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A174 #749BC8

analogous

#C87774 #C8A174 #C5C874

triadic

#C8A174 #74C8A1 #A174C8

tetradic

#C8A174 #74C877 #749BC8 #C874C5

square

#C8A174 #74C877 #749BC8 #C874C5

split-complementary

#C8A174 #74C5C8 #7774C8

monochromatic

#8B6437 #B78348 #C8A174 #D9BFA0 #EBDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A174

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A174	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.076 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9c',
    500: '#c8a174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a174;
$custom-light: #dabc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73396,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A174

secondary

#BCCBDB

accent

#6EB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A174

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

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