#C8A181#C8A181

#C8A181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.064 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A181
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(27, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 9.92, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 24.25, 65.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.031 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.064 61)
XYZ	xyz(40.5278, 39.3560, 26.2264)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A181 #81A8C8

analogous

#C88185 #C8A181 #C8C581

triadic

#C8A181 #81C8A1 #A181C8

tetradic

#C8A181 #85C881 #81A8C8 #C581C8

square

#C8A181 #85C881 #81A8C8 #C581C8

split-complementary

#C8A181 #81C8C5 #8185C8

monochromatic

#90633F #B58156 #C8A181 #DBC1AC #EDE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A181

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A181	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.064 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca5',
    500: '#c8a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a181;
$custom-light: #dabca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73656,
    "c": 0.06386,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.39354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A181

secondary

#C6D4DF

accent

#79B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A181

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

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