#C8A17E#C8A17E

#C8A17E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.067 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A17E
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 126)
HSL	hsl(28, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 37%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 9.55, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 25.54, 68.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0298 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.067 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3313, 39.2774, 25.1915)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A17E #7EA5C8

analogous

#C87E80 #C8A17E #C8C67E

triadic

#C8A17E #7EC8A1 #A17EC8

tetradic

#C8A17E #80C87E #7EA5C8 #C67EC8

square

#C8A17E #80C87E #7EA5C8 #C67EC8

split-complementary

#C8A17E #7EC8C6 #7E80C8

monochromatic

#8F643D #B68253 #C8A17E #DAC0A9 #EDE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C8A17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A17E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A17E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.067 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca3',
    500: '#c8a17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a17e;
$custom-light: #dabca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.378,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A17E

secondary

#C4D2DE

accent

#76B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A17E

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

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