#C8A272#C8A272

#C8A272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.078 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A272
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 7.64, 30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.19, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0233 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.078 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7784, 39.3370, 21.4139)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A272 #7298C8

analogous

#C87772 #C8A272 #C3C872

triadic

#C8A272 #72C8A2 #A272C8

tetradic

#C8A272 #72C877 #7298C8 #C872C3

square

#C8A272 #72C877 #7298C8 #C872C3

split-complementary

#C8A272 #72C3C8 #7772C8

monochromatic

#8A6536 #B68547 #C8A272 #D9BF9E #EADCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A272

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A272	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)

#B0A36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.078 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9b',
    500: '#c8a272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a272;
$custom-light: #dabd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A272

secondary

#BBC9DB

accent

#6BB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A272

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

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