#C8A183#C8A183

#C8A183 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.062 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A183
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 131)
HSL	hsl(26, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 34.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 10.17, 21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 23.41, 64.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0318 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.062 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6620, 39.4097, 26.9334)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A183 #83AAC8

analogous

#C88388 #C8A183 #C8C383

triadic

#C8A183 #83C8A1 #A183C8

tetradic

#C8A183 #88C883 #83AAC8 #C383C8

square

#C8A183 #88C883 #83AAC8 #C383C8

split-complementary

#C8A183 #83C8C3 #8388C8

monochromatic

#916340 #B58159 #C8A183 #DBC1AD #EEE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A183

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A183	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.062 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca7',
    500: '#c8a183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a183;
$custom-light: #dabca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.06213,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A183

secondary

#C8D5DF

accent

#7BB234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A183

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

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