#C8A185#C8A185

#C8A185 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.060 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A185
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(25, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(25, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 10.42, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 22.59, 62.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0327 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.06 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7989, 39.4645, 27.6541)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A185 #85ACC8

analogous

#C8858A #C8A185 #C8C385

triadic

#C8A185 #85C8A1 #A185C8

tetradic

#C8A185 #8AC885 #85ACC8 #C385C8

square

#C8A185 #8AC885 #85ACC8 #C385C8

split-complementary

#C8A185 #85C8C3 #858AC8

monochromatic

#916341 #B5805B #C8A185 #DBC2AF #EEE2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C8A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A185

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A185	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.060 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabca8',
    500: '#c8a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a185;
$custom-light: #dabca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.06044,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A185

secondary

#C9D6E0

accent

#7DB135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A185

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

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