#C8A176#C8A176

#C8A176 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A176
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 118)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 41%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 8.63, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 29.14, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0265 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.074 69)
XYZ	xyz(39.8356, 39.0792, 22.5808)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A176 #769DC8

analogous

#C87876 #C8A176 #C6C876

triadic

#C8A176 #76C8A1 #A176C8

tetradic

#C8A176 #76C878 #769DC8 #C876C6

square

#C8A176 #76C878 #769DC8 #C876C6

split-complementary

#C8A176 #76C6C8 #7876C8

monochromatic

#8C6438 #B6834A #C8A176 #DABFA2 #EBDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A176

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A176	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9e',
    500: '#c8a176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a176;
$custom-light: #dabc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.463,
    "s": 42.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A176

secondary

#BECCDC

accent

#6FB630

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A176

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

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