#C8A179#C8A179

#C8A179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.071 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A179
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 8.97, 26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 27.77, 71.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0277 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.071 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0167, 39.1516, 23.5347)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A179 #79A0C8

analogous

#C87979 #C8A179 #C7C879

triadic

#C8A179 #79C8A1 #A179C8

tetradic

#C8A179 #79C879 #79A0C8 #C879C7

square

#C8A179 #79C879 #79A0C8 #C879C7

split-complementary

#C8A179 #79C7C8 #7979C8

monochromatic

#8D643A #B6834E #C8A179 #DABFA4 #ECDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C8A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A179

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A179	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.071 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca0',
    500: '#c8a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a179;
$custom-light: #dabca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.38,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A179

secondary

#C0CEDD

accent

#72B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A179

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

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