#C8A177#C8A177

#C8A177 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.073 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A177
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 119)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 8.74, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 28.68, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0269 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.073 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8953, 39.1031, 22.8954)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A177 #779EC8

analogous

#C87977 #C8A177 #C6C877

triadic

#C8A177 #77C8A1 #A177C8

tetradic

#C8A177 #77C879 #779EC8 #C877C6

square

#C8A177 #77C879 #779EC8 #C877C6

split-complementary

#C8A177 #77C6C8 #7977C8

monochromatic

#8C6439 #B6834B #C8A177 #DABFA3 #EBDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A177

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A177	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)

#AEA374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.073 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9e',
    500: '#c8a177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a177;
$custom-light: #dabc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A177

secondary

#BFCDDC

accent

#70B530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A177

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

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