#C8A277#C8A277

#C8A277 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.073 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A277
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 119)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 8.20, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 28.84, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0253 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.073 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0708, 39.4540, 22.9539)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A277 #779DC8

analogous

#C87A77 #C8A277 #C5C877

triadic

#C8A277 #77C8A2 #A277C8

tetradic

#C8A277 #77C87A #779DC8 #C877C5

square

#C8A277 #77C87A #779DC8 #C877C5

split-complementary

#C8A277 #77C5C8 #7A77C8

monochromatic

#8C6539 #B6844B #C8A277 #DAC0A3 #EBDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C8A277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A277

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A277	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.073 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9e',
    500: '#c8a277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a277;
$custom-light: #dabd9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.852,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A277

secondary

#BFCCDC

accent

#6FB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A277

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

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