#C8A187#C8A187

#C8A187 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.059 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A187
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 135)
HSL	hsl(24, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 10.68, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 21.80, 60.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0335 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.059 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9384, 39.5203, 28.3888)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A187 #87AEC8

analogous

#C8878D #C8A187 #C8C187

triadic

#C8A187 #87C8A1 #A187C8

tetradic

#C8A187 #8DC887 #87AEC8 #C187C8

square

#C8A187 #8DC887 #87AEC8 #C187C8

split-complementary

#C8A187 #87C8C1 #878DC8

monochromatic

#926243 #B5805D #C8A187 #DBC2B1 #EEE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A187

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A187	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.059 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabcaa',
    500: '#c8a187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a187;
$custom-light: #dabcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A187

secondary

#CBD8E0

accent

#7FB035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A187

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →