#C8A273#C8A273

#C8A273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.077 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A273
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 115)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 7.75, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 30.71, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0237 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.077 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8356, 39.3599, 21.7153)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A273 #7399C8

analogous

#C87873 #C8A273 #C4C873

triadic

#C8A273 #73C8A2 #A273C8

tetradic

#C8A273 #73C878 #7399C8 #C873C4

square

#C8A273 #73C878 #7399C8 #C873C4

split-complementary

#C8A273 #73C4C8 #7873C8

monochromatic

#8A6536 #B68548 #C8A273 #D9BF9F #EBDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C8A273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A273

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A273	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)

#B0A370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.077 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9c',
    500: '#c8a273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a273;
$custom-light: #dabd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A273

secondary

#BCCADB

accent

#6CB72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A273

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

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