#C8A275#C8A275

#C8A275 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.075 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A275
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 117)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 41.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 7.97, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 29.78, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0245 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.075 71)
XYZ	xyz(39.9519, 39.4064, 22.3280)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A275 #759BC8

analogous

#C87975 #C8A275 #C5C875

triadic

#C8A275 #75C8A2 #A275C8

tetradic

#C8A275 #75C879 #759BC8 #C875C5

square

#C8A275 #75C879 #759BC8 #C875C5

split-complementary

#C8A275 #75C5C8 #7975C8

monochromatic

#8B6537 #B78549 #C8A275 #D9BFA1 #EBDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A275 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A275

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A275	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B0A372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.075 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9d',
    500: '#c8a275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a275;
$custom-light: #dabd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.53,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.07515,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.39404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A275

secondary

#BDCBDC

accent

#6DB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A275

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

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