#C8A178#C8A178

#C8A178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.072 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A178
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 8.85, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 28.23, 71.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0273 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.072 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9557, 39.1272, 23.2134)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A178 #789FC8

analogous

#C87978 #C8A178 #C7C878

triadic

#C8A178 #78C8A1 #A178C8

tetradic

#C8A178 #78C879 #789FC8 #C878C7

square

#C8A178 #78C879 #789FC8 #C878C7

split-complementary

#C8A178 #78C7C8 #7978C8

monochromatic

#8C6439 #B6834D #C8A178 #DABFA3 #EBDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A178

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A178	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)

#AEA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.072 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc9f',
    500: '#c8a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a178;
$custom-light: #dabc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A178

secondary

#BFCEDC

accent

#71B530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A178

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

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