#C8A274#C8A274

#C8A274 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.076 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A274
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 7.86, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 30.24, 74.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0241 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.076 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8934, 39.3830, 22.0200)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A274 #749AC8

analogous

#C87874 #C8A274 #C4C874

triadic

#C8A274 #74C8A2 #A274C8

tetradic

#C8A274 #74C878 #749AC8 #C874C4

square

#C8A274 #74C878 #749AC8 #C874C4

split-complementary

#C8A274 #74C4C8 #7874C8

monochromatic

#8B6537 #B78548 #C8A274 #D9BFA0 #EBDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C8A274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A274

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A274	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B0A371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.076 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9c',
    500: '#c8a274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a274;
$custom-light: #dabd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.07612,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A274

secondary

#BCCADB

accent

#6CB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A274

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

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